By Abiola Olawale
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has recounted how his mother, Mrs Benice Obasanjo, carried his pregnancy for 12 months before giving birth to him.
Obasanjo who played host to members of the Board of Trustees of the African Democratic Congress at his residence located within the premises of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, Ogun State, said his birth was delayed by some witches and wizards.
The former president made this known after a drama presentation titled “Aremu omo Asabi” held, to mark 66 years of remembrance of his late mother.
The former president said the witches and wizards didn’t want his mother to give birth to him because they knew about his destiny.
He explained that if not for God’s intervention he wouldn’t have been born. This was contained in a statement issued by Obasanjo’s media assistant, Kehinde Akinyemi.
Obasanjo also lamented that it was unfortunate that his mother never lived to see how great God has so marvellously helped him to become in life and of course, enjoy the fruits of her hard labour.
He said: “I was told I was in my mother’s womb for 12 months, and since I was born, I have not been left for once. She had nine children, but two of us survived, myself and my sister.
“I was the only one who went to school because my father believed that no matter how educated a female child is, she would end up in the kitchen.”
The former president, however, promised to support the delegation’s request to present the longest open drama to clinch a Guinness Book of Record.
