A recent conflict has erupted between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and ex-Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose after a heated change adopted Fayose’s sixty fifth birthday celebration in Lagos.
The strain spilled into public view on Monday when Obasanjo revealed a scathing “Thank You” message despatched by Fayose, wherein the previous governor wrote, “somebody as soon as stated you’re imagined to be saved away within the zoo. Sincerely, that’s the place you belong.”
The message, which Fayose delivered after Obasanjo’s look on the occasion, sharply criticised the 89-year-old former president’s remarks through the celebration.
Fayose accused Obasanjo of constructing “very irresponsible feedback” and steered he was exhibiting “the heightened stage of dementia.”
He added that he deliberately remained silent through the occasion to point out Nigerians “the distinction between a sane man and a mad man.”
Fayose additionally demanded that Obasanjo return the cash despatched to facilitate his attendance, saying because the former president admitted publicly to receiving it, “your leopard won’t ever change its pores and skin.”
Obasanjo, in his reply, confirmed that the cash had been returned via the identical aide who delivered it.
He thanked Fayose for what he described as a message that “undisguisedly revealed who and what you’re.”
Talking earlier on the birthday gathering, Obasanjo reminded Fayose of their long-running disputes, saying the previous governor had a historical past of hurling abuses at him with out regret.
He defined that regardless of the strained relationship, he ultimately agreed to attend after Fayose first despatched former minister Osita Chidoka to strategy him, adopted by a later go to via one other affiliate.
Obasanjo additionally recounted his previous warnings to Fayose throughout his governorship, particularly concerning a authorities poultry challenge he stated was fraught with inconsistencies and later collapsed.
In a video from the occasion now circulating on-line, he urged Fayose to hunt real repentance and embrace humility going ahead.