BREAKING: Forgive My Husband – Fresh Twist As Obasanjo’s Wife Begs Obas, Yoruba

BREAKING: Forgive My Husband – Fresh Twist As Obasanjo’s Wife Begs Obas, Yoruba

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s wife, Taiwo, has entered the fray surrounding the statement made by the former Army general in Iseyin, Oyo state during the commissioning of projects by the state Governor, Seyi Makinde on Friday.

Obasanjo, who was the special guest of honour, reprimanded some Yoruba traditional rulers present for not rising to show him the respect due to a former president. He then directed them to stand up and acknowledge his presence.

“Please, please, all of you, the traditional rulers, I greet you. Thank you for your presence. But, let me say something. Anywhere there is a Governor or President, no traditional ruler, has to stand up and greet the governor or the President. Stand up, sit down.

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“Please in the Yoruba land, we respect two things: age and position. The governor’s position is superior to that of any king in as much as he is a governor. When I was a president, I prostrated for kings openly. But indoors, the king would bow down for me. Let us respect our culture,” he had admonished.

However, this development has sparked strong reactions from stakeholders including the Yoruba Council Worldwide, the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdurosheed Akanbi, and others. They have demanded an apology from him within three days or warned of potential consequences.

Yet, in a statement released on Sunday, titled “Oyo Kings: A Plea for Forgiveness,” Mrs. Obasanjo, who shares two children – Olujonwo and Olubunmi – with the former president, earnestly sought “permanent and eternal forgiveness and pardon from all Yoruba sons and daughters worldwide, fathers and mothers, youths, teenagers and children, Christians, Muslims, traditional worshippers, all leaders in Yoruba land and the Council of Kings in Yoruba land.”

With a heart full of humility as a mother, she implored the aforementioned not to “retaliate against any of us for the misdeeds of Daddy Obasanjo.”

Part of the statements reads; “This is my own personal stand on the manner Chief Olusegun Obasanjo addressed the Kings at Iseyin at the road commissioning by Governor Makinde of Oyo State on Friday 15th September, 2023.

“As a legitimate member of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo’s family, l will like to state publicly worldwide and privately that the manner in which Daddy Obasanjo addressed the monarchs is not acceptable to God, to the Yoruba race and to the throne of Kingship and it must not be repeated again by any leader in Yoruba land.

“Daddy Obasanjo should not have treated the kings with open contempt and humiliation in order to correct them and revealing their secret that they bow for him privately. It is not good at all. It is too humiliating.