FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo, in his
recent controversial book, My Watch, listed the names of his 21 children
but he did not mention their mothers.
ENCOMIUM
can, however, reveal the mothers of these children and other women that
had alliances with the two-time president of the country.
The mothers of the children include…
MRS. OLUREMI OBASANJO,
his first wife, who he married on Saturday, June 22, 1963, at
Camberwell Green Registry, South East London. She was just 21. Mrs.
Oluremi Obasanjo is the mother of six of the 21 children of the former
president.
They are Senator Iyabo Obasanjo, who was born
on April 27, 1967; Busola Obasanjo, who was born on November 5, 1968;
Olusegun Obasanjo, the first son, who was born on November 4, 1969;
Olugbenga Obasanjo, who was born in 1971; Enitan Obasanjo, who was born
on September 24, 1975 and Damilola Obasanjo, the last of the woman’s
children who was born in 1982.
MRS. STELLA OBASANJO,
the late former First Lady died on Sunday, October 23, 2005, in Spain
after a failed tummy tuck surgery. She had only a child, Olumuyiwa
Obasanjo, who was born in 1977, for the former president.
GOLD ORUH,
a former director at Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), who met the
former president as a reporter during the civil war in Port Harcourt,
Rivers State. She had two children for him. Her children are Funke and
Seun Obasanjo.
MRS. TAIWO OBASANJO,
is the twin sister of Mr. Kenny Martins, the politician and former
Chairman of Police Equipment Fund. She also has two children for the
former president. One of her children is Esther Olubunmi Obasanjo who
got married in August 2010.
Mrs. Taiwo Obasanjo has since reverted to her
maiden name, Martins. Since her secret dalliance with late Godwin
Daboh became public knowledge, the former president distanced himself
from her.
Late MRS. LYNDA OBASANJO,
nee Soares, was another woman who had children for Chief Olusegun
Obasanjo. She was said to have had two children for him before she was
killed on February 14, 1987, in daylight by armed robbers. She was 45.
We really don’t know the names of her two children among the 21
children. Her cousin, Priscilla Soares was later made MD, Nicon by
Obasanjo.
MRS. MABEL OKOSODE OBASANJO is another woman
who has children for the former army general. We, however, don’t know
how many children she has for him and their names.
MRS. TITILAYO OBASANJO, is another woman who has a child or children for the old man.
COL. ADEBOYE OBASANJO,
mother’s name is not known. But according to Mrs. Oluremi Obasanjo in
her book, Bitter Sweet My Life with Obasanjo, she is a mother of two and
a divorcee brought to the former general by one of his aunts who lives
in Arigbajo, Ogun State, when she (Remi) was chased out of their Ikoyi
(Lagos) matrimonial home for challenging his (Obasanjo) philandering.
KOFOWOROLA MOJISOLA OBASANJO,
who got married to Peter Kenneth Blackshire, a British Baptist minister
in 2002, shares the same mother with Tunde Baiyewu, the British singer
of Nigerian descent. Tunde Baiyewu’s mother lost her husband and
relocated to Nigeria with her two children. She met Obasanjo who was
still an officer in the army. Their dalliance produced Kofo Obasanjo.
MRS. BOLA OBASANJO,
is the woman that is presently living with Chief Obasanjo. She also
has a child for him called Funsho Obasanjo. The woman was formerly
based in London, but had to relocate to Nigeria to be his resident wife.
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