– Obasanjo’s wife says she did not marry him because
of his money
– Notes also that the former president is not a lover
of laziness or lazy people
– Jokes also about the ex-president’s huge appetite
for native food
Nigeria’s former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo
does not joke with money, his wife, Bola has revealed.
According to The Cable, Obasanjo’s wife ‘spilled the
milk’ at the Ogun state 3rd Investors’ Forum, where
she delivered a speech and explained that she did not
marry him because she was after his money.
Bola became the former Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) top chieftain’s wife in 2009, about four years
after Stella, a Nigeria’s former First Lady, died in a
Spanish hospital.


“I thank God that I am with baba. Don’t think that it
is because of his money, not at all, he doesn’t joke or
mess around with his money.
“If he says he loves you, you must be hardworking. We
nicknamed baba, wole joko jeun (enter, sit and eat)
because of his busy nature. He is always attending to
people. He has got answer to everybody’s problem. At
times in our house, we receive over 100 guests in a
single day, and we serve food to them.
“You dare not tell OBJ that there is no soup in the
house, except you want trouble. When he comes in,
rush to the kitchen, even if there nothing, you have to
pretend that you are bringing something. If the kitchen
is empty, you have to rush to the garden,” she stated
excitedly.
Speaking further, the Ogun high chief’s wife informed
also that “There was a day that someone asked me if
we don’t have magazine in the house, and I asked
what the person needed it for and she explained that
she wanted to use it to fan herself in case of power
outage, then I told her that ‘They don’t read magazine
here, people come here to see OBJ’s face’.”
Bola hailed her husband as a “unique man, very
unique, and it is not him, it is the grace of God upon
his life.”
Meanwhile, Obasanjo has commended Ogun state
governor, Ibikunle Amosun for his exhibition of
exemplary leadership, commitment and dedication to
the good people of the state in particular and
Nigerians in general.
Baba, as he is fondly called, expressed satisfaction
over the role the governor and the government of Ogun
state played in the release of former minister, Iyabo
Anisulowo from the den of her kidnappers.
In the letter, titled, “Letter of Commendation” written
to the state governor and dated 9 May, a copy which
was obtained by our correspondent, the former
president also commended the efforts of the security
agencies in the country, adding that Nigerians can
now sleep with their two eyes closed.
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