Former Nigeria president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has revealed that he was born to “pure illiterate parents” while telling the story of how he was raised to prominennce by God’s grace to lead Nigeria two times.
According to IgbereTV reports, the former President said this on Thursday at the annual thanksgiving service organised in his honour by the Ogun State Chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN).
He said, “Those of you who know where I was born, how many of you know Ibogun-Olaogun? The village where I was born is so small that no matter how large you make the map of Nigeria, Ibogun-Olaogun will never appear.
“And yet, somebody born in that village of pure illiterate parents, will have the opportunity that I have now; to reach the stage that I have reached to be used to achieve whatever I have been used to achieve, I cannot thank God enough.
“I always say this; whatever I have achieved, whatever I have done, I thank God because it is not me alone, there are those who have worked with me, some of them are dead, some of them are still alive and without them, I will not have been able to achieve much. On occasions like this, let us just thank God and keep thanking God.”
The Bishop of Egba Anglican Diocese, Rt. Revd. Emmanuel Adekunle, in his sermon, urged Nigerians to get ready to tackle the problems that may arise in the new year saying “things are hard all over the world, it is not only in Nigeria that things are not working well.”
While speaking, Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State described Obasanjo as a God-fearing leader whose life is worthy of emulation, saying “We all know and appreciate that God doesn’t make and didn’t make many like Baba and I’m sure that God is not probably going to make anyone like him.”
