By Akinwale Kasali
The Peoples Democratic Party’s, Governorship Candidate in the 2023 Election in Lagos State, Olajide Adediran, Popular as Jandor, has dumped the.
The departure of Jandor from the PDP is surprising as he never gave an inkling of leaving the Party.
He made the announcement of his departure from the PDP at a Press Conference at his Ikeja, Lagos office, on Monday, March 3, 2025.
Jandor came a very distant third at the 2023 Governorship Election in Lagos behind winner, All Progressives Congress, APC, Babajide Olusola Sanwo-olu, the incumbent and Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of the Labour Party.
Announcing his dumping of the PDP, Jandor said, “We will consult widely with everybody and then take the decision to collapse our structure to another platform.
“What is majority on the ground now is that we have left the Peoples Democratic Party,” Jandor stated.
He didn’t mention the Party he is defecting to, rather, he said consultation is ongoing to know the Party he would collapse his structure to.
Jandor also failed to disclose the reason for his leaving the PDP.
It would be recalled that Jandor was a strong member of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and led the Lagos4Lagos Movement, advocating for internal democracy within the party.
Following his political ambition, with the possibility of getting the ticket in APC looking impossible, he joined the PDP in January 2022, and secured the party’s Gubernatorial ticket for the 2023 election.
No doubt, the dumping of the PDP by Jandor further marks another shift in the evolving political landscape of Lagos State. It highlights the ongoing realignments within its political sphere.
It is, however, a big blow to the PDP, as it has again lost another strong in the Party.
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