Nigeria, March 20 -- Kayode Fayemi, the immediate past governor of Ekiti State, has responded to a comment by Afe Babalola, the founder of Afe Babalola University (ABUAD), who, on Monday, rated the performances of all former governors of the state low, saying they failed to develop the state during their tenures.

Mr Babalola had, while speaking at the commissioning of his university's multi-system hospital in Ado Ekiti, singled out incumbent Governor Biodun Oyebanji for praise while labelling his predecessors as failures.

PREMIUM TIMES then contacted Mr Fayemi for comment on the legal luminary's remark. In a back-and-forth conversation with one of our reporters, the former governor fired on all cylinders, describing Mr Babalola as a man...