2023 Polls: Fresh Trouble for APC, Sanwo-Olu as Jandor Vows to Break Tinubu’s ‘Monopoly’ in Lagos

2023 Polls: Fresh Trouble for APC, Sanwo-Olu as Jandor Vows to Break Tinubu’s ‘Monopoly’ in Lagos

  • The Peoples Democratic Party has taken a swipe at the ruling All Progressives Congress in Lagos state
  • This is as the Lagos PDP governorship candidate, Olajide Adediran, vowed to end the reign of the APC in the top Southwest state
  • While hitting at the APC flagbearer's personality, Jandor, as he is popularly called, noted that he will shatter Bola Tinubu's monopoly in the state

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Olajide Adediran, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos state, popularly known as Jandor, has revealed what he will do in Lagos state.

Ahead of the 2023 general elections, Jandor has vowed to end what he termed the 24-year monopoly of a former governor of the state, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Leadership reported.

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Jandor declares war on Tinubu's ‘24 years monopoly’ in Lagos. Photo credit: Dr Olajide Adediran, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu
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Why Jandor dumped APC for PDP

The gubernatorial aspirant, who dumped the APC in December 2021, said he left the party because of what he described as the dominance of Tinubu.

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Jandor declares war against APC in the coming polls

Adediran, who stated this on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Thursday, January 12, added that;

“We will come in and do things differently. The problem of Lagos is that we have one head thinking for the state of Lagos for the past 24 years.”

He also accused Tinubu, the 2023 presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), of instigating the removal of performing governors in the state.

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Legit.ng earlier reported that motor park touts and market leaders who close markets, could be jailed if the PDP governorship aspirant, 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 people of Akwa Ibom living in Lagos.

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The governorship hopeful also promised to bring new life to the leadership in Lagos as he would govern without a godfather.

Peter Obi sends strong warning to Nigerian leaders ahead of 2023 presidential election

Meanwhile, Legit.ng had previously reported that Peter Obi has urged Nigerians to remain hopeful for a better country especially as Nigerians prepare to take back their nation, for good, come 2023.

It was reported that Obi, while delivering his 2022 Christmas message to Nigerians, explained that the celebration of Christmas give hope to the world as he urged Nigerians to hold onto the hope for a better and more productive nation.

He restated that Christmas is a season of love and the celebration of the birth of Christ should be a constant reminder of how God gave His only begotten son for the salvation of humanity.

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