After years of trading accusations Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti and the immediate past governor, Ayodele Fayose put their differences aside on Wednesday.

Both politicians were seen happily embracing each other at the Obafemi Awolowo Prize for Leadership which took place at Habour Point, Victoria Island Lagos.

They embraced after Fayemi delivered a speech in honour of the celebrant of the day and awardee, Chief Afe Babalola, who is the third recipient after Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka and former president of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki.

“There must be something about Ekiti that fully prepared Chief Babalola for this award. We are known as the fountain of knowledge in Ekiti,” he said while recognising the presence of the former governor, Fayose.

Prior to the event, both men traded jabs over who performed better as governor and who deserved to rule the state.

•Excerpted from a Channels TV report