Chief Olusegun Matthew Okikiola Ogunboye Aremu Obasanjo, GCFR was born in Ibogun-Olaogun, Western Region, British Nigeria.

He is a Nigerian political and military figure who presided over the country as its head of state from 1976 to 1979 and then as its president from 1999 to 2007.

He is an ideologically committed Nigerian nationalist who served in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from 1999 to 2015 and the African Democratic Congress(ADC) since 2018.

One of the finest leaders of the second generation of post-colonial African leaders, Obasanjo has been praised.

He was praised for guiding Nigeria’s transition to representative democracy in the 1970s as well as for his Pan-African initiatives to promote unity on the continent.

Here are 5 interesting facts about Olusegun Obasanjo.

1. Only he and his sister Adunni Oluwole Obasanjo managed to get through childhood

2. His date of birth is unknown

3. He assumed office following the passing of his Chief Murtala

4. He is the only president to have lost both his wife and first lady while in office

5. He was the first head of state on the African continent to ever relinquish power to a democratically elected government

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