Ex President Olusegun Obasanjo doesn't know his real age...

Ex. President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday said that his late mother told him she gave birth to him on a market day.

The Former President said this on Thursday at the 2017 International Youth Variety Day and Public Presentation of Olusegun Obasanjo’s Books for Children, as part of programmes for his 80th birthday. The programme which held at theater hall of the Obasanjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta, was organized by the Centre for Human Security, with the theme “Presidential Libraries Will Reduce Leadership Deficit in Africa”.
 Mr. Obasanjo said while growing up, he had the challenge of knowing his real date of birth, because his parents were illiterates.
 The former president also added that when he continued to pressure his mother, the information he was given by his was that she gave birth to him on an Ifo village market day.
 The former leader said he arrived at his current age when he considered the ages of some of his peers at the time.

The former president also spoke about morality in the society, lamenting that the era of genuine morality was fading, but needed to be revived in the interest of all and sundry.