Born Oluṣẹgun Mathew Okikiọla Arẹmu Ọbasanjọ, on the 5 of March1938, in his home town, Abeokuta, OgunState, Obasanjo enlisted in the NigerianArmy as a young man of 21 in 1958 and rose through the ranks to retire as a full general.
Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo Clocks 77
It is celebration time as Nigeria’s former MilitaryHead of State and two times civilian GCFR, clocks 77 years of age today, 5March, 2014.
He trained at Aldershot, England, and was commissioned as an officer in the NigerianArmy. He was also trained in India at the DefenceServicesStaffCollege, Wellington and at the IndianArmySchool of Engineering.
A holder of many chieftaincy titles, Obasanjo is the Balogun of the OwuLineage and the EkerinBalogun of the Egba clan of Yorubaland.
He was Nigeria’s military ruler from 13February1976 to 1October1979 and as a democratically elected president from 29May1999 to 29May2007.
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An elder statesman and one of Nigeria’s most respected men, Obasanjo was one of the people instrumental to the instalment of democracy in Nigeria and a stalwart of the ruling People’sDemocraticParty, PDP.
His first daughter, Dr. IyaboObasanjo was a two time Senator in the NigerianNationalAssembly.
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