The nation controversial publication came as a comic relief, i hope is not one of tinubu's mischief.
The paper has two identical photographs on the front page staring the reader. On the right is a familiar photograph of obj, Zero Zero if you like, and on the left is an old black-and-white photograph of obj look-alike. In the caption, the newspaper makes it clear that the photograph on the left is not that of Olusegun Obasanjo .The man in the picture, it says, was an Igbo police officer who lived in the Abeokuta area in the 1930s, about the time Obj was born. The police officer later became a monarch on a prominent South-Eastern throne. But before leaving the South-West, he interracted fruitfully with the local community and had a brief affair with an Owu lady. The newspaper didn’t say more. There was no need to.

So does that now mean that the Igbo have had their shot at the presidency (1999-2007),

Hahahaha. Igbos no dey ugly like Obasanjo. The man ugly both outside and inside

Ibos will now assume power in 2099

:d :d :d

doncartel:

Ibos will now assume power in 2099

.hahahaha.

his fathers name might have been masi ubasanjo
http://www.saharareporters.com/www/photonews/detail/?id=86

not total losers, remember another election is up in 8 years time when the presidency will be zoned to the south again

sartorius:

his fathers name might have been masi ubasanjo
http://www.saharareporters.com/www/photonews/detail/?id=86

Oh my goodness! I do hope the story turns out to be true!! Can you imagine if in actual fact, it gets established that OBJ was actually born by an Igbo man??

Wait first, lemme stop laughing. . . . too many folks will be forced to eat their words!!

GOD forbid. Ibos cant be ugly that way

A Paternity Controversy

Could Igwe Joseph Okwudili Onyejekwe, the 19th Obi of Onitsha, who was on the throne between 1962 and 1970, be the biological father of Aremu Matthew Okikiola Olusegun Obasanjo?

By MichaeI Mukwuzi

It may sound stranger than fiction, but as daylight melts into darkness, the rumour about Obasanjo’s Igbo roots is gaining currency. Former Abia State governor, Orji Uzor Kalu, had inadvertently teed off the Obasanjo paternity debate a few weeks ago when he declared that nobody should use the ex-president’s failings as a yardstick to appraise the competence of Yoruba leaders, because Obasanjo is not a Yoruba man in the first place.

But the significance of Kalu’s postulation was lost on many who dismissed it with a wave of the hand. However, last week, tales about Obasanjo’s non-Yoruba ancestry received an oriental twist when The Nation of Sunday, 10 June, published what could be regarded as the biggest affront on Obasanjo’s paternity. Slammed on its front page were two identical photographs of Obasanjo with the headline “Spot The Difference.” While on the right was an old photograph of Obasanjo, on the left was what appeared like an old black-and-white photo of the same Obasanjo. To assist the reader, who apparently, would require the services of a graphic artist to spot the difference, The Nation editors provided a caption to illustrate the pictures. “The personality in picture A is not former President Olusegun Obasanjo who is in picture B. But what do both personalities have in common?” The Nation asked.

The man in picture A, The Nation explained, was an Igbo who lived in the Abeokuta area in the 1930s, about the time Obasanjo was born. According to The Nation, the police officer later became a monarch on a prominent South-Eastern throne. Before then, however, he had interacted fruitfully with the local community and had a brief affair with an Owu lady, before his final exit from the South-West.

Though the newspaper did not say more than that, it left little to the imagination. Whatever innuendo was left of the brewing Obasanjo paternity controversy was blown open the next day by the Abuja-based Leadership newspaper via a damning column tagged Olusegun Igbochukwu Obasanjo, authored by Sam Nda-Isaiah. Using the pictures supplied by The Nation as the fodder of his write-up, the columnist released the bombshell. “The editors of The Nation didn’t want to say much, and they have left us to our imagination, but it won’t be from me that you will hear that Obasanjo’s father was Igwe Onyejekwe, a top ranking police officer who became the Igwe of Onitsha in his lifetime. During his controversial reign, the throne was in contention between him and Igwe Okosi II, just as it is today between Igwe Achebe and Igwe Odukwe,” Nda-Isaiah wrote.

Not done with Obasanjo, the columnist went for the kill: “Igwe Onyejekwe, Obasanjo’s daddy, died after the civil war and, like his son, was said to be very cantankerous and quarrelsome.”

The columnist intoned that the circumstances of his birth and rejection would have helped make the former president a very bitter and wicked person. He implored Nigerians never to make anyone their leader except they know where he is coming from. “And Nigerians really saw that proverbial wickedness in the last eight years. It is a very wicked man that would increase the price of a litre of fuel by a whopping N10 on his way out of power, simply because he has a pecuniary interest in refineries he had just sold away. It is also a very bad and wicked president that would double the value of VAT on his way out. What does it cost to be nice and kind and empathetic? Nothing! But that’s for normal people. And Obasanjo is far from being normal.”

Closing on a comical note, the columnist advised that since Obasanjo loves power so much and is a prince of Onitsha, ‘‘can’t we just simply crown him the Igwe so that he can leave us alone?’’

But can it be true? Is Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, the Balogun of Owu in Egbaland, be the biological son of Igwe Joseph Okwudili Onyejekwe, the Obi Onitsha Ado N’Idu from 1962-1970? Onyejekwe ascended the coveted throne after the demise of Igwe James Okosi who ruled from 1931-1935. His enthronement came after the report of the famous W.R. Harding Commission, which resolved disputes among the contenders for the throne.

If the answers are in the affirmative, does that mean that the Igbo have accidentally taken their eight years ration at the presidency and the Yoruba have not?

Oba Isaac Adeyemi Ojelade- Badegunle 1, the Onibogun of Ibogunland, Obasanjo’s reputed maternal hometown, says the rumour peddlers are either callous or are just doing it out of idleness. “It is a big lie, it is nothing but rumours. Obasanjo is a typical Abeokuta man and his father was a pure Egba man from Owu with three facial marks on each side of his cheeks. As a matter of fact, his father came from Abule Elere to Ibogun. They are from Agbole-Olusomi in Abeokuta and I come from his mother’s lineage,” the nonagenarian told TheNEWS.

And on page 84 of the 253-page biography titled: Olusegun Obasanjo in The Eyes Of Time- A Biography of the African Statesman, Onukaba Adinoyi-Ojo, making reference to Obasanjo’s paternity, wrote: “A little over a year after Ashabi’s (Obasanjo’s mother) death, Amos Adigun Obasanjo Bankole passed away following a brief illness. He was buried at Onigbedu where he had remained till the very end. At 22, just when a smile was perching on his face, Olusegun Obasanjo became an orphan.”

But the rumour peddlers are far from being convinced. In Onitsha the popular story is that Obasanjo is the product of a romantic liaison between Igwe Onyejekwe and Ashabi, Obasanjo’s mother, in the 1930s. As the story goes, the Onitsha prince jettisoned the idea of taking Ashabi as wife because doing so would hurt his chances of ascending the throne.

Another source told the magazine in Onitsha that Onyejekwe actually issued a recommendation that facilitated Obasanjo’s enlistment into the Nigerian Army in 1958. However, in Adinoyi-Ojo’s book there is no mention of Obasanjo requiring recommendation from anyone to join the Army.

Yet the proponents of Obasanjo’s Igboship point to a statement credited to him (Obasanjo) during a working visit to Anambra State as confirmation of their claim. Obasanjo had reportedly told an audience in Awka that any of his children is qualified to govern Anambra State. Though the statement was brushed aside then as a gibberish political talk, it has become invaluable with the advantage of hindsight. Whatever anyone chooses to believe, indications are that the rumour mill will remain in overdrive for some time.

_*Source* www.nigeriavillagesquare.com

we go do DNA test for OBJ!

Obasanjo’s Dad Was A Proper Owu Man —Oba Ojelade

http://www.thenewsng.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2950

At least he was a Nigerian

What about those that have ruled us that are of non-Nigerian heritage.

TO

Xtycod and Docokwy

just for once imagine it happens to be true that Masi olusegun Aremu Igbochukwu Ubasonjo is a descent of an Igbo Igwe,

Tell us whether you will have to bottle now to talk about Ubasonjo the way you have been doing.

A Nigerian is a Nigerian in my own opinion whether or not he/she from North,South West, east or Central

If for a minute the story is true, it confirm a Yoruba adage 'when we throw a stone at the market it may ended up hitting our family'

A word is enough for the wise, all the tribal superdaft people on this site irrespective of your tribe. learn now. it may later traspire that your own family are from the tribe you are attacking and abusing

God continue to look after me and my family and My great Country NIGERIA

docokwy:

Obasanjo’s Dad Was A Proper Owu Man —Oba Ojelade

http://www.thenewsng.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2950

Na wetin I dey see so? Eh, Docokwy you want to tell me that you doubt Orji Kalu's story? Hehehehehe. . . were you not the same person that agreed Orji must have been serious, when he said Obasanjo knelt down for him? Do you remember that thread?  You wan come dey talk another thing now.

Abeg, forget that Oba Ojelade wey dey claim say, OBJ na Owu man. He no sabi di real gist, jare!     

Vigasimple, May God bless you ninety times on Monday, and one million times on Sundays for that interesting observation!! Pre-ee-each it, bro'!

Obj himself has the last say on whom he is. You cannot influence anything on that. Politically-speaking, it won't be a bad idea because it means Igbos will rule twice (OBJ fake igbo; and the real Onyeigbo).
And why the link to Uba family? Do you see any semblance between that ugly and montrous OBJ and the fine-looking albeit corrupt Uba people?

This is really disrespectful to Obasanjo, I can imagine a bunch of idiots having a field day with my paternity!

This is one of the usual conspiracy theories of the Yoruba when they want to be greedy. It is all about contesting for the presidency when it reverts to the south. They are already scheeming in advance. But thanks to the power of genomics, it will be very easy to identify OBJ's paternity via DNA fingerprinting. For starters, just provide me a probe of his blood, that of a member of the onitsha family of the so-called Igbo father (since the man himself is dead already); a probe from OBJ's mother or mother's relation, and one from OBJ's uncle or ''Yoruba father's'' family. You will get the result in a couple of hours.

Otherwise, a true and authenticated photo of the '' Igbo father'' supplied by his family in onitsha can be compared to the one now circulating by phoyo experts. I have a gut feeling the two pictures belong to Obasanjo. Remember  the boundless possibilities with the computer regarding image doctoring?

If the story is false, then the guy should sue the arse of the defamers for all they are worth. But if eventually Obj's father is Igbo (TUFIAKWA! OLORUN MAJE) , then the Yoruba will be the losers because they allowed ''a bastard'', son of a ''woman of easy virtue'' to usurp their opportunity. It also means that the Yoruba has not tasted power in Nigeria, except for Shonekan. Buhhahahahaha

Lets watch and see how this plays out.

Dat pesin wey say ibos no dey ugly like dat, Abeg go look Odumegwu Ojukwu picture again, den compare am with Obj. Maybe dat one get yoruba father.lol _{no be my mouth una hear am ooo}

kokoA:

Dat pesin wey say ibos no dey ugly like that, Abeg go look Odumegwu Ojukwu picture again, den compare am with Obj. Maybe that one get yoruba father.lol _{no be my mouth una hear am ooo}

You must be a very stupid person to compare Ojukwu with Obj, respect your self oh!.

I don't know about this Igbo paternity thing.

OBJ has always looked Ugandan, to me.

(I'm entitled to my personal opinion, please.)

Eh! Yoruba people,and opportunism na wah oh!, people no get shame.

Obj is not only Igbo (from the SE), he is from Igbo (bush, forest -in Yoruba lingo) Igbo ko Igbo ni. Make I hear word oh jare. Yeye dey boom.

Obj and Ruben Abati, united in ugliness.

the nation newspaper is really a useless medium and its readage is only fit for dogmatic fellows.i cant imagine how a newsprint can condescend to such a low in order to cast aspersion on the man 'obasanjo'.ibelieve legal actions should be taken against "the nation" so as to serve as a lesson to other junk newsprints like "the nation"

OBJ is not ugly only that he didn't complete the stages of evolution; Australopeticus, Homo Habilis, OBJ He wasnt patient to get to the homo sapiens stage

ruben abati ?

@ ogidiboy


Ojukwu na your father??

NINETOFIVE:

Eh! Yoruba people,and opportunism na wah oh!, people no get shame.

Oh, there are no opportunists in your own neck of the woods, abi?

Don't worry, am sure the Yoruba people will soon give you the answer, that you deserve. _*Hiss*

tpia:

I don't know about this Igbo paternity thing.

OBJ has always looked Ugandan, to me.

(I'm entitled to my personal opinion, please.)

Your opinion is a valid one, jare!

My own opinion sha, is that someone in OBJ's family should ask di man to do a test, to confirm or dispprove the rumours. Look at it this way. If it turns out to be true that Igwe Onyejekwe is his father, that means OBJ would be a real-life Onitsha prince. Chei! The mind boggles at the endless possibilities that could arise, from a positive DNA result.

And if it turns out that the whole thing is a hoax. . . ah, well. . . we would all have had a good laugh, at OBJ's expense. Hehehehehe. . .nothing spoil!

xtycod:

Laudate, have you heard of a new building collapse in Lagos, 24 hours after the one I posted here (now deleted for ). The cement mixers are at work, real hard.

Anyway, you have never been to Lagos, that is why you are talking like this. I pray the rescue team will be able to pull out all those trapped in those houses, quickly so they can receive treatment in time. Once the evacuation is complete, someone should remind those Lagosians to send their medical bills to you, as well as the cost of the rescue effort.

Or have you forgotten that you were the one who gave the cement mixers tutorials, on how to carry out their nefarious practice?? They are just following your footsteps, o! You really ought to be proud of yourself!!