Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo for the first time, reacted to the claim of his Igbo paternity, declaring that such insinuation made him laughs.

The disclosure came even as the former President said he doesn't believe anybody in Nigeria should be driven away from any part of the country declaring that, "we own this country together."

Obasanjo made this known when he received in audience the leadership of Ndigbo Amaka Progressive Market Association, an umbrella body of major markets in Lagos state held at the boardroom of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) Abeokuta, Ogun State.

Speaking on the meeting, the former President said the leadership of the group reached out to him to support the establishment of the Owerri Central Market positioned to be the best of its kind in the country. 

In his remarks, the group's spokesperson Chief Emeka Dallas Emmanuel who read a letter jointly signed by Comrade Chinedu Ukatu and Evangelist Iwuchukwu Ezenwafor said the market will be a hub for innovation and entrepreneurship assuring the group's determination to play its role to the growth of the market and the nation.

He further sought the help of the former President towards the actualization of the international market capable of taking a vast majority off the streets.