Obasanjo disowns spouse, says she’s ‘an impostor’

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has disowned his spouse, Taiwo Obasan, barely 24 hours after she pleaded with all Yoruba worldwide to forgive him over his assertion at Iseyin, Oyo state throughout Friday’s inauguration of initiatives executed by the state Governor, Seyi Makinde

Taiwo in a report titled, “Oyo Kings: A plea for forgiveness”, begged “for everlasting and everlasting forgiveness and pardon from all Yoruba little kids worldwide, fathers and moms, youths, youngsters and kids, Christians, Muslims, conventional worshippers, all leaders in Yoruba land and the Council of Kings in Yoruba land.”

Reacting to the event, Obasanjo mentioned Taiwo is neither his spouse nor a member of Obasanjo’s household however reasonably an impostor regardless of having two kids with him.

The previous President, nonetheless, mentioned he stood firmly, unapologetically and uncompromisingly on the place {that a} governor holds the very best workplace within the state and will due to this fact be given the due respect as enshrined within the structure.

Chief Obasanjo mentioned this in a press release issued by his Particular Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, and made obtainable to journalists.

He mentioned solely he might make any assertion on behalf of the Obasanjo household or individuals delegated by him to take action.

The assertion partly reads, “The eye of former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has been drawn to a press release presupposed to be issued by a spouse of the President with the {photograph} of 1 Ms. Taiwo Martins because the writer of the assertion.

“For the data, Ms. Martins has two kids, Jonwo and Bunmi, for Chief Obasanjo however to say emphatically that she isn’t his spouse nor a member of the Obasanjo household.

“Her posturing as Chief Obasanjo’s spouse is fake and that of an impostor. No person makes statements on behalf of the Obasanjo household besides Chief Obasanjo or individuals delegated by him to take action.

“It should be famous that the state of well being of Ms. Martins is understood to one and all and no matter she says or does has nothing to do with Chief Obasanjo as a person or the Obasanjo household as an entire.

“Nonetheless, the previous President has affirmed that he stood firmly, unapologetically and uncompromisingly on the place that the governor of a state holds the very best workplace within the state.

“By that place, the respect, protocol and dignity that should be given to the workplace by advantage of the structure should not be denied. To do in any other case is to deride the workplace and the structure.”