Former president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed how his birth was delayed for additional three months due to attack from witches and wizards against his mother, late Bernice Obasanjo while she was pregnant with him.
Obasanjo disclosed that his mother carried him in her womb for twelve months as against the normal nine month of child pregnancy.
Former president Olusegun Obasanjo made the revelation at the commemoration of his late mother’s passing 66 years ago in response to a playlet titled: “Aremu omo Asabi”. The event which was held in the main auditorium of the Olusegun Obasanjo presidential library in Abeokuta, Ogun state.
According to a statement released by former president Olusegun Obasanjo’s aide on media, Kehinde Akinyemi the former president was rueful that his late mother despite her great sacrifices to his existence, did not live long enough to see what he has become and accomplished nor enjoy the fruit of her labour.
Talking about his late mother’s sacrifices and life travail, former president Obasanjo revealed further that his late mother had nine children but only him and his sister survived while seven others died.
He disclosed further that his late father did not send his sister to school as he did to him because his father believed that a woman would end up in the kitchen as a cook for her husband.
The event had the deputy governor of Ogun state, Noimot Salako-Oyedele in attendance.