My Father Hid My Hausa Identity For Almost Three Decades — Olawepo-Hashim

Presidential candidate of the Accord Party, Dr Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has revealed the extraordinary family secret behind why his Hausa and royal identity remained concealed from him for almost three decades.
Olawepo-Hashim, grandson of the 40th Seriki of Yauri, said his late father, Alhaji Hashim Abdullahi Yauri, deliberately kept his royal heritage from him as a child after receiving a warning from an Islamic cleric about possible dangers within the royal family.
According to him, the cleric advised his father against exposing the child’s identity prematurely, prompting him to make what was ultimately a life-changing decision: to protect his son by keeping his identity secret.
“He...