An Ogun State monarch, Olu of Orile Kemta Oba Adetokunbo Tejuosho, has lashed out on former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, over the insulting “thank you” message he sent to former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday.
Oba Tejuosho’s statement, titled “A royal rebuke to Ayo Fayose”, faulted the Fayose’s remarks as unguarded, uncultured, and unwarranted.
The royal father warned that the ex-governor would have to contend with the law of karma in the near future.
Recall that Fayose had on Monday slammed Obasanjo over the remarks he made at his 65th birthday celebrations in Lagos.
Fayose described Obasanjo’s comments as irresponsible, stressing that the 89-year-old ex-president belongs in the zoo.
Reacting on Tuesday, Oba Tejuosho said Fayose’s message revealed “his hollowness and haughtiness against nothing.”
The monarch stressed that Obasanjo is not only a former military head of state and two-term president from 1999 to 2007, but also a global statesman and father of Yorubaland whose legacy extends across Africa.
“Mr. Fayose, your recent message to our Baba Obasanjo was not courage, it was simply a reckless and unguarded noise.
“It is a confession of your own moral confusion. There is a total difference between being courageous and full of hardiness, as Baba rightly said at the event of your 65th birthday.
“Your action was a restless echo of a man who forgets that elders are the pillars of our civilization. You dare speak to a general while standing on ground his service, sweat, discipline, and sacrifices helped secure.
“You throw stones at a colossus while standing barefoot on a hill he built. You spit toward the sky forgetting that the heavens will send the rain back upon your own face tomorrow,” the traditional ruler said.