Lagos PDP Attacks Jandor Over Return To APC

The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has lampooned Abdul-Azeez Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, following his return to the ruling All Progressives Congress.

Adediran, who was the Lagos PDP governorship candidate in the 2023 general elections, announced his return to APC at a news conference on Monday in Lagos.

9News Nigeria reports that Adediran, leader of the Lagos4Lagos Movement, announced his resignation from the PDP on March 3, 2025, citing a lack of discipline in the party and betrayal by its leaders.

He was previously a member of the APC before joining the PDP.

Reacting to his defection in an interview with reporters, the Deputy Chairman of the PDP in Lagos, Tai Benedict, said Jandor was never part of the party and was allegedly planted by the APC to destabilise the PDP.

9News Nigeria reports that part of his statement were; Benedict said, “He was never our own. He was an agent sent to our party to destroy our party. The very first time I saw him, I told him to explain that you are an agent of the APC, sent to our party because they knew we had a bright chance to win that election.

“Although he denied it, eventually, I was vindicated.  This was somebody who came to the party, and the first thing he did was to start accusing the leaders and the next thing he did was to disorganise a united party to the national level until he got the ticket of our party from the back.

“You know, it’s very unfortunate, very unfortunate. We have never had it so badly. But all I have to say is we thank God. We’re okay with his exit.

“He came, he singularly picked his running mate. It has never happened. He said because Funke Akindele had over three million followers on Instagram that will make his victory at the 2023 governorship poll easier. But we had only 62,000 votes.”

“For me, I thank God that he has left our party. It’s not a good thing to lose membership in parties, I quite agree with that. It’s not good to lose your members to other parties. But there are some members that if they leave, you’ll be happy. One of such members is Jandor.”