“I don’t know my exact age, but I can estimate it based on those who were in school with me. I gave you an example of the Olubara (Oba Jacob Olufemi Omolade, the Olubara of Ibara), who is still alive.
“I believe there are six of my classmates from secondary school who are still alive, and none of them is less than 90 years old. So I leave it to you to guess what my age might be.
“I still have my primary school record card. When I became President and wanted to establish the library, those records were available for exhibition — my primary and secondary school records, the manuscripts of books I wrote, including those written in prison, and even some maize crops I planted while I was in prison. They are all there, and somehow I was...”
– Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has again acknowledged that he does not know his exact age.
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