Executive Governor of Kaduna State, His Excellency, Nasir El-Rufai, has described Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde as a good Governor and would be challenging for the All Progressives Congress (APC) to defeat in the coming 2023 elections.
El-Rufai, who stated this at the commemoration and send-off ceremony organised for the outgoing director-general of the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Nteranya Sanginga, on Friday said APC would try its best to unseat Makinde. Still, it would be challenging because he has governed well.
Both governors recounted how they argued during a National Executive Council (NEC) sitting over if to lock down their states in the heat of the COVID-19 outbreak.
“After that debate, I went back to my state, and I locked it down. Seyi (Makinde) went back to his state and did a partial lockdown. But he locked himself down because he got COVID.
“In my state, I did what I felt was the right thing, and he did what was best for his state.
“We’ll do our best to defeat you. But I know it will be tough because you have been a good governor,” El-Rufai said.