Former President Olusegun Obasanjo who registered for the National Identity Card (NIC) on Friday, August 22, kept the information about his next of kin away from the prying eyes.
Olusegun Obasanjo at NIMC on Friday
Obasanjo arrived at the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) office, Oke – Mosan, Abeokuta, at 1:35pm and was received by the officials led by the Director of Identity Card Database, Abuja office, Engr. Aliu Azeez, The Nation reports.
His height was measured and his finger prints taken.
Obasanjo had been responding to the NIMC officials’ questions orally but when it got to the part requiring his next of kin, the former President picked a piece of paper, covered it with his palm, wrote the name of his next of kin and handed it over to the NIMC officials, keeping journalists who were bent on capturing his personal data in the dark.
Speaking to the curious reporters, Obasanjo said it would prevent undue “publicity on the matter.”
“I have decided to keep my next of kin secret and away from you. If you know it, you will give it undue publicity,” he said.
Obasanjo was positive that if the NIC project was sustained, it would help tackle the security challenges the country is facing.
SOURCES: Naij.com news, The Nation
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