What’s Governor Ododo’s Real Age?

Mathematics is not the easiest subject. For the people of Kogi State, this is the latest stumbling block and cause for concern as social media users drag them regarding the age of their governor, Ahmed Ododo. Perhaps the rules of logic have changed or Ododo is an exception. It may also be that someone is lying, but that is up to truth-seekers to find out.

Governor Ododo’s age is currently causing a lot of disputes online. Believed to be 42 years old, checks indicate that Ododo allegedly completed his primary school education in at most five miraculous years. But what does that mean except that he is a genius?

Online databases, for example, Wikipedia, report Ododo’s birth year as 1982. However, it has also been alleged that he completed primary education by 1987. Simple subtraction gives the difference in years as five, implying that he breezed through his primary levels in these short years.

But how old does a child need to be before they can be admitted into a primary school back then? Perhaps Ododo was admitted at age three and spent a total of two years in school, or at age two and spent a total of three years in school; or even at age one and spent a total of four years in school. Which of these is the most reasonable? Only Ododo knows.

Maybe there is a less fantastical explanation for Ododo’s primary school years. Maybe, as some have started to allege, there was no primary school education at all or 42 is only his ‘football age.’ Only the future can tell what implications await him because of these inconsistencies.

Currently, questions about Ododo’s age are the latest to be thrown at the people of the Confluence State. With rumours about Ododo worshipping his predecessor, Yahaya Bello, to the neglect of the people’s welfare, he is not the state’s favourite at the moment.