Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun has revealed that he had a ritual he performed for all his five children at birth.
Amosun made this revelation in an interview he granted The Sun where the governor also talked of his relationship with the National Leader of All Progressive Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
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“I have a tradition. Whenever I had my babies, I would buy the latest car for them and when they are getting married, I will give them the cars. All of them were born outside Nigeria, when they were bringing them to Nigeria one month after their birth, I would use the new cars to pick them at the airport. I will give them all their photographs, showing their first teeth, their first tuft of hair and all that, when they are getting married. That was how my dad kept things.
“I want to do this for them to learn the culture of maintenance and keeping things. The garment that I wore on the day of my swearing-in ceremony in 2011 was given to my dad by his own dad and passed down to me. Maybe one day, my son too may have cause to wear it like I did. Though it is almost worn out, but we are still managing it,” the 59-year-old said.
The governor denied rumour of rift between him and Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu saying, “Ignore what you read in the papers. I have a special relationship with Asiwaju…My daddy told me that I should never be an ingrate. Asiwaju was there for me when I needed him most…I cannot but hold Asiwaju in high esteem. I fondly call him ‘Asiwaju of the universe,’ for you to know my reverence for him.”[email-subscribers namefield=”YES” desc=”” group=”Public”]
