Chief Olusegun Obasanjo made the disclosure in Abuja at an event organized by the Nigerian Society of Engineers in celebration of the former presidents birthday.
The former president went forward to caution those calling him Mathew to desist from it if they wouldn't want to see his eyes red, noting that the name came from his parents as Christians not minding the meaning of the name as of then.
He said:
"When I was born in my part of Nigeria, the system was that after eight days you must be given a name and for people to know that you were born into a christian family you must be given one Hebrew name.
"My mother and father decided to name me Matthew but when I grew up, I started asking myself the meaning of Matthew, not only does it not have meaning as long as I am concerned the biblical Matthew is a stupid tax collector."
The former president went on to warn those calling him Matthew to stop as not to see his order side.
"Anybody who those not want to see my eyes red should stop calling me Matthew."
The former president caution.
