Nigeria, Nov. 18 -- Former Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, has launched a blistering attack on former President Olusegun Obasanjo - in a message ironically meant to thank him for attending his 65th birthday celebration.

Obasanjo, in a statement on Monday by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, said Fayose's SMS was anything but appreciative, describing it as a brazen display of the former governor's character, "unchanged and unchangeable."

According to the statement, Fayose wrote:"Dear Baba Obasanjo, thanks for coming to my birthday party. I appreciate it except for your very irresponsible comments at your age. You went so low, but I am not surprised. Someone once said you should be kept in a zoo. Sincerely, that's wh...