Former President Olusegun Obasanjo 
over the weekend caused a mild drama when he sighted Premium Times' 
correspondent at the Government House in Ogun State.
The 
reporter tried to take a picture of the former president standing beside
 former Nigerian leader, Ernest Shonekan, with his camera phone, but got
 a dramatic response from Mr. Obasanjo.
 “You again,” the former president said. “That was how your blackberry phone was smashed.”
 One
 of Mr. Obasanjo’s children, Oba, had smashed the blackberry phone of 
the PREMIUM TIMES journalist for taking the picture of the fire at the 
former president’s house last week in Abeokuta, the Ogun State Capital.
 
Obasanjo to buy second hand phone
 The
 journalist complained to Mr. Obasanjo about the destroyed phone and 
asked the former president what he intends to do about it.
 The former number one citizen again responded in his characteristic dramatic and jocular manner.
 “I will buy you another one, but if you don’t mind, it has to be a fairly used and with cheaper price,” Mr. Obasanjo said.
 At
 the end of the day’s programme, our correspondent again approached the 
former president, requesting to follow him to his house to collect the 
promised blackberry phone; but Mr. Obasanjo turned it to another round 
of comedy.
 “You this Ijesa man, I suspect you are the one who set
 my house on fire, and you want to come there again, I will buy your 
phone for you when I return from abroad.”
 After making the statement, the former president entered into his vehicle, smiled and waved to the reporter.