83-Year-Old Former President Olusegun Obasanjo amazed many when he was captured prostrating for a 59-year-old Agura of Gbagura in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
The photo which has gone viral elicited a lot of reactions with many praising his respect for the sanctity of the sacredness of the traditional institution.
Former Kogi senator, Dino Melaye, on Saturday, March 14, shared the rare picture on Twitter, with the caption:
“83 years old Obasanjo prostrating for 59 years old Agura of Gbagura in Abeokuta. No culture like the yoruba culture. Bibi re ko se fowora.”
83 years old Obasanjo prostrating for 59 years old Agura of Gbagura in Abeokuta. No culture like the yoruba culture. Bibi re ko se fowora. pic.twitter.com/7nDVWF98T2
— Senator Dino Melaye. (SDM) (@dino_melaye) March 14, 2020
WuzupNigeria reports that Chief Olusegun Matthew Okikiola Aremu Obasanjo, GCFR, is a Nigerian military and political leader who served as military head of state from 1976 to 1979 and later as President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007.
Ideologically a Nigerian nationalist, he was a member of the People’s Democratic Party