Nigeria, Nov. 17 -- Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has shared his thoughts on former Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose's past mistakes while celebrating his achievements in the political landscape.

Mr Obasanjo spoke at Mr Fayose's 65th birthday celebration on Saturday.

"You are not the best of my political children, you are not," Mr Obasanjo said to Mr Fayose. "But you have made achievements that must not be ignored."

For nearly two decades, the two men nursed animosity towards each other. The hostility between them harked back to 2006 when Mr Fayose and his then deputy governor, Abiodun Olujimi, were removed from office by the state House of Assembly. Mr Fayose believed then-President Obasanjo to be the architect of the plot for his...