File: Former President Olusegun Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo added humour and warmth to the 60th birthday celebration of the Olota of Ota, Oba Professor Abdulkabir Obalanlege, offering prayers for the monarch while delivering a lighthearted remark about future milestones.
Speaking in Yoruba during the anniversary event, the 89-year-old elder statesman reflected on his early-morning call to the traditional ruler before making a humorous pledge regarding the monarch’s future milestone birthdays.
“Kabiyesi, I called you this morning and prayed for you,” Obasanjo said in Yoruba.
Obasanjo drew laughter from guests when calculating the timeline of the monarch’s future birthday celebrations.
