Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has dismissed claims that he has paternal Igbo origins, calling them laughable. Obasanjo made the remark on Thursday, August 15, while meeting with the leadership of the Ndigbo Amaka Progressive Market Association at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
The former president was addressing the group, an umbrella organization representing major markets in Lagos State, when the topic of his alleged Igbo ancestry came up. Obasanjo humorously dismissed the claim, emphasizing that he does not take it seriously.
Reacting to the Igbo origin claim, Obasanjo simply said: “It just makes me laugh.”
Obasanjo also said he doesn’t believe anybody in Nigeria should be driven away from any part of the country.
“We own this country together,” he said.
He added: “Having ensured that the Yorubas, Igbos and Hausas all came together to fight the war of unity in Nigeria, and not to fight Igbos to go, but to come.
“So if anybody says to me, that somebody should leave any place, he will be the one to leave.”
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