While speaking at the 2017 International Youth Variety Day and Public Presentation of Olusegun Obasanjo’s Books for Children, on Thursday former President Olusegun Obasanjo, admitted he did not know his true age, adding that his late mother merely told him she gave birth to him on a market day.
Obasanjo who spoke at the event as part of programmes for his 80th birthday organised by the Centre for Human Security, with the theme “Presidential Libraries Will Reduce Leadership Deficit in Africa”, said while growing up, he had the challenge of knowing his real date of birth, because his parents were illiterates.