2023: New Twist as Jandor Speaks on 'Allegedly Working for Tinubu, APC', Reveals Final Position

2023: New Twist as Jandor Speaks on 'Allegedly Working for Tinubu, APC', Reveals Final Position

  • Lagos PDP governorship candidate, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran has finally addressed his rumoured association with the ruling APC and some of its key chieftains in Lagos state
  • Jandor as he is popularly called disclosed he is not working for the ruling party in the state and even its flagbearer Bola Tinubu
  • The PDP candidate noted further that he is working very hard to make sure he ends the APC rule in Lagos state

The PDP Governorship Candidate for Lagos State, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran (a.k.a. Jandor), says he is not a mole for APC but strongly determined to end its reign in the state.

Adediran made this known in an interview in Lagos, The Guardian reported.

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Jandor addresses rumored relationships with APC leaders. Photo credit: Abdul-Azeez Adediran
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Jandor speaks on his 2023 move, reacts to report of him working for APC, Tinubu

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He reacted to speculations that he was planted in PDP by the APC which has been ruling Lagos State since 1999.

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It is also being insinuated that Adediran, a former APC chieftain and former leader of Lagos4Lagos Movement, is close to the APC presidential candidate, Chief Bola Tinubu.

Jandor reveals final position

He told the newspaper that it would be illogical for him to be APC’s mole in PDP and be giving APC ‘headaches’ in his campaigns, Vanguard report added.

Adediran said that though he was in APC for some years until January 2022, he had not had a one-on-one meeting with Tinubu, also a former Governor of the state.

The candidate said:
“It might be difficult for anybody to believe that I have never had a one-on-one meeting with Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

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“I have not set my feet on his Bourdillon house. Yes, I was coming from APC, but I have never been elected nor appointed.
“I have only been a consultant on that corridor.”

2023 Election: PDP threatens touts, market leaders in Lagos

Legit.ng earlier reported that motor touts and market leaders who close the market should prepare to be jailed if the PDP governorship, Abdul-Azeez Adediran, is elected as governor in the 2023 election.

Adediran, who is popularly known as Jandor, made the vow on Sunday evening while presenting the PDP governorship candidate in Akwa Ibom to the Akwa Ibom indigenes living in Lagos.

The governorship hopeful also promised that he would new life to the leadership in Lagos as he would govern the state without any godfather.

PDP New Generation to deliver 2 million votes for Atiku/Okowa in northeast

Meanwhile, the maiden edition of the PDP New Generation, North East Youth Symposium took place in Yola, Adamawa State on 4th December 2022.

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The event with theme ‘RESET NIGERIA - OPERATION DELIVER YOUR UNIT’ had a huge number of youths from across the North Eastern states in attendance. The event ended with a resolution to deliver 2m votes to the Atiku/Okowa 2023 ticket.

Delivering the welcome address at the event, the Chairperson of the National Strategic Committee of PDP New Generation, Hauwa Atiku-Uwais stated the North East Youth Symposium, is geared towards canvassing votes and support for all PDP candidates. It is aimed at engaging various interest groups, electorates, community leaders and youths.”

Source: Legit.ng

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Esther Odili (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Esther Odili is a journalist and a Politics/Current Affairs Editor at Legit.ng with 6+ years of experience. She Holds OND and HND in Mass Communication from the Nigerian Institue of Journalism (NIJ), where she was recognized as the best student in print journalism in 2018. Before joining Legit.ng, Esther has worked with other reputable media houses, such as the New Telegraph newspaper and Galaxy Television. In 2024, Esther obtained a certificate in advanced digital reporting from the Google News Initiative. Email: esther.odili@corp.legit.ng.