There was a mild drama at the armed forces remembrance day held at
Arcade ground in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, when
former President Olusegun Obasanjo shunned the traditional wreath laying
ceremony.Obasanjo who was clad in a white flowing Agbada with a
traditional blue cap, shunned the State governor, Senator Ibikunle
Amosun’s request to lay a wreath.The mild episode ensued when his name
was mentioned as part of the dignitaries that would lay the wreath and
he vehemently rejected after he was persuaded by the governor.
The programme was briefly put on hold as many people including the
Deputy governor, Segun Adesegun, the Iyalode of Egbaland, Alaba Lawson
went to beg him to lay the wreath in honour of the fallen heroes.
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