Former President Obasanjo
spoke to Saturday Tribune
early on Friday when he paid a
condolence visit to former Oyo
State governor, Senator Rashidi
Ladoja, at his Ondo Street
residence in Bodija, Ibadan,
over the death of his mother,
Alhaja Alimatu Ladoja, who
was buried on Thursday.
The visit of Obasanjo was not
without the usual drama for
which he is known.
Saturday Tribune was
informed of Obasanjo’s visit a
few minutes after 7 o’clock on
Friday morning.
When Saturday Tribune got to
Ladoja’s residence at 7:50 a.m.,
Obasanjo had already arrived
(he got to the house at about
7:40 a.m.) and was in a
discussion with Ladoja and the
immediate past Secretary to
the Government of Oyo State,
Chief Olayiwola Olakojo.
On sighting the reporter,
Ladoja asked how he got to
know Obasanjo was around in
his house, with a reply from
the reporter that journalists
had their news antenna all
over the country and were
always on the trail of
newsmakers.
As soon as Obasanjo realised it
was a journalist that Ladoja
was talking to, he said softly:
“What are you looking for
here? Get out!”
Ladoja intervened and pleaded
with Obasanjo to allow
Saturday Tribune take a
photograph of the trio.
Responding, Obasanjo burst
into jocular remarks and said
to Saturday Tribune: “You have
missed a lot. If you had been
here earlier, you would have
seen me when I was weeping.
I wept profusely and I even
raised songs in honour of the
deceased. So, take your
photograph and we will call on
you when we are done with
our discussion.”
The encounter between
Obasanjo and Saturday Tribune
went thus:
Tribune: What can you say
about the deceased?
Obasanjo: (feigned weeping)
….Don’t you see I am crying?
What can you say about
Mama’s life?
Mama, Mama, Mama….she was
a good mother. Rashidi
(Ladoja) is now motherless.
Ladoja (cuts in): I don’t have a
father too, except you
(embraced Obasanjo)
Obasanjo: Rashidi has now
joined the club (of complete
orphans). We thank God that
Mama left a worthy legacy,
good children. She left what
those of us who are her
children can glory in. May the
Almighty grant the deceased
eternal rest and continue to
keep the children. Mama, who
left behind a good son as
Rashidi Ladoja, truly has left
behind a great legacy. But this
great son that Mama left
behind can be naughty at
times. But when I scold him, he
listens to me and corrects
himself.
Ladoja, others laughed…
From his comment on Ladoja’s
mother’s death, Obasanjo was
asked if all was now well
between him and his political
godson, President Goodluck
Jonathan.
Obasanjo’s reply was: “Ara e o
ya-” (You are not well.)
This response drew laughter
from around, while the former
president hopped into his Jeep
from where he told Ladoja he
would not be available for the
eight day prayer for his late
mother because he would be https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=814245091953676&id=100001045783346&set=a.361054390606084.84738.100001045783346&refid=17&_ft_=app_id.0&__tn__=%2As
out of the country then.

A video of this as it happened would have been better!

On that note...video or adonbelivit!

OBJ IS A POLITICIAN, AN ELDER STATE MAN AND A NATION BUILDER. GOD BLESS OBJ. AND GEJ TOO.

Laugh wan drive me nut here ooo

Funny baba Iyabo.

Vintage Obj. Always a delight

For me what I could decipher from deir convo was dat Gej was not well...

My honest opinion

Quite comic....I on laff taya here

Quite comic....I on laff taya here

na serious drama script... no need to feature baba suwe or latin..... na complete comedy

make I search youtube for the video.