Ex-president Chief Olusegun Obasanjo in his
controversial biography ‘My Watch’ has named his 21
children, but didn’t list their mothers.
Meanwhile, Encomium Weekly discloses the names of the
mothers of Obasanjo’s children and other women that had
romances with the two-time president of Nigeria.
1. Oluremi Obasanjo
Obasanjo married with his first wife on June 22, 1963, at
Camberwell Green Registry, South East London.
Oluremi was only 21. She is the mother of six of the 21
children of the ex-president.
They include 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.
2. Stella Obasanjo
The late former Nigeria’s First Lady died on Sunday, October
23, 2005, in Spain after an unsuccessful tummy tuck surgery.
She had only a child, Olumuyiwa Obasanjo, who was born in
1977, for Obasanjo.
3. Gold Oruh
An ex-director of Nigerian Television Authority met the ex-
president as a reporter during the civil war in Port Harcourt,
Rivers state.
Oruh had two children for him. They are Funke and Seun
Obasanjo.
4. Taiwo Obasanjo
Taiwo is the twin sister of Kenny Martins, the politician and
ex-chairman of Police Equipment Fund.
Obasanjo had two children from her. One of them is Esther
Olubunmi Obasanjo who got married in August 2010.
Mrs. Obasanjo has since returned to her first name, Martins.
The former president distanced from her since her secret
romance with late Godwin Daboh became public knowledge.
5. Lynda Obasanjo
Lynda was another woman who had children for Chief
Obasanjo. She was said to have had two children for him
before she was killed on February 14, 1987, in daylight by
armed robbers.
The names of her children are not known.
6. Mabel Okosode Obasanjo
Another woman, who reportedly had children for the former
Nigerian leader.
7. Titilayo Obasanjo
Titilayo has a child or children for Obasanjo.
8. Adeboye Obasanjo
According to Oluremi Obasanjo in her book, Bitter Sweet My
Life with Obasanjo, she is a mother of two and a divorcee
brought to the ex-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.
9. Kofoworola Mojisola Obasanjo
Kofoworola 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 moved to
Nigeria with her two children.
She met Obasanjo who was still an officer in the army. Their
romance produced Kofo Obasanjo.
10. Bola Obasanjo
Bola is currently living with Chief Obasanjo. She also has a
child for him named Funsho Obasanjo. The woman was
previously based in London, but had to move to Nigeria to
be his resident wife.
There are other women in Chief Olusegun Obasanjo’s life
while they did not have children for him.
Obasanjo’s Other Women;
-Mowo Sofowora started dating former president as far back
as 1973, when he was a Lt. Col. in the army.
Oluremi Obasanjo mentioned Mowo Sofowora as one of the
women who caused problems in her marriage. She was said
to be older than Obasanjo.
-Labo Salako, the wife of late Captain Salako, who died in
1972, at Argungu in a motor accident. After the death of
her husband, she moved in with the Obasanjo’s at their Ikoyi
(Lagos) residence on the advice of Obasanjo and the wife,
Remi, complied with her husband.
But before the wife knew what was going on, Labo was
already having a boisterous affair with her husband.
-Lamide Adegbenro is the wife of Chief Niyi Adegbenro, the
former Commissioner for Agriculture in Ogun State and a
kinsman of Chief Obasanjo.
Lamide Adegbenro, who should be in her 60s now was also
mentioned by Mrs. Oluremi Obasanjo in her book as one of
the many mistresses of her husband.
Ex-vice-president Atiku Abubakar also mentioned her during
his face-off with Obasanjo that she got a gift of a brand new
Peugeot 607 and $110,000 that was paid into her NATWEST
Bank, UK account in 2003, by Otunba Fasawe.
-Mrs. Alo, a former Vice Principal of Queens College, Yaba,
Lagos, was also supposed to be a mistress of Chief
Obasanjo.
Alo is reportedly still very close to Chief Obasanjo as she is a
member of the board of directors of Obasanjo’s school, The
Bells.
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