2023: "It’d Be Tough for Us to Defeat You", APC Gov Tells PDP Counterpart
- The APC will face serious opposition in Oyo state come the 2023 general election according to Governor Nasir El-Rufai
- The Kaduna governor made this disclosure on Friday, November 25, during his visit to the southwest state
- El-Rufai noted that this will be so because Governor Seyi Makinde is doing a great job in terms of governance
Ibadan, Oyo - Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state has admitted that his Oyo counterpart, Seyi Makinde, has governed his state very well.
At the send-off ceremony for Nteranya Sanginga, the director-general of the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), on Friday, November 25, El-Rufai said this is why the All Progressives Congress (APC) will find it tough to defeat Oyo come 2023 elections, The Cable reports.
Source: Twitter
The Kaduna governor noted:
“We’ll do our best to defeat you. But I know it will be tough because you’ve been a good governor.”
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Both Nigerian governors went down memory lane on how they argued during a meeting of the National Executive Council (NEC) on the need down states in the heat of the COVID-19 pandemic.
El-Rufai said:
“After that debate, I went back to my state and I locked it down. Seyi went back to his state and did what he called a partial lockdown, but he locked himself down because he got COVID.
“The beauty of Nigeria is its diversity. In my state, I did what I felt was the right thing and he did what was best for his state."
Governor Makinde, speaking on the event, tweeted on Friday:
"We attended the send-off of Dr Nteranya Sanginga, the outgoing Director General of the @IITA_CGIAR today.
"In my goodwill message, I conveyed the deepest regards of the good people of Oyo State to Dr Sanginga for all he has done in our state."
2023: Powerful names missing as APC inaugurates campaign council in Oyo
The Oyo chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has inaugurated a 3,333-member Governorship Campaign Council.
APC vowed to dislodge Makinde from the Agodi Government House in 2023.
APC vows to take over Oyo state in 2023
Speaking during the event at the party secretariat located in Oke-Ado, Ibadan, the director general of the campaign council, Dr Isiaka Kolawole, noted Senator Teslim Folarin would be the best thing to happen to Oyo in 2023.
Source: Legit.ng
