Posted on: 11:28 Sat, 05 Mar 2016



Olusegun Mathew Okikiola Aremu
Obasanjo, GCFR born (5 March
1937) is a former Nigerian Army
general who was President of
Nigeria from 1999 to 2007.

A Nigerian of Yoruba descent,
Obasanjo was a career soldier
before serving twice as his nation’s
head of state, as a military ruler
from 13 February 1976 to 1
October 1979 and as a
democratically elected president
from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007.

From July 2004 to January 2006,
Obasanjo also served as
Chairperson of the African Union.

His current home is Abeokuta, the
capital city of Ogun State, where he
is a nobleman as the holder of the
chieftaincy titles of the Balogun of
the Owu Lineage and the Ekerin
Balogun of the Egba clan of
Yorubaland.