By Deborah Nnamdi
The PDP in Lagos State has stated that it will not mourn the defection of the party’s 2023 governorship candidate, Dr. Abdul-Azeez Adediran, also known as Jandor, to the APC.
Mr. Hakeem Olalemi, the Vice Chairman (Central) of the Lagos State PDP, made this statement during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in response to Adediran’s return to the APC on Monday.
Olalemi emphasized that Adediran’s departure from the PDP was not surprising, adding that the former candidate’s purpose in the party was to spy and undermine its efforts in the state.
“He (Adediran) is a human being and the Nigerian Constitution allows freedom of association. He is free to resign from any group or party and join any group he wants.
“We will miss his shenanigans, comedy, and cunningness. So, we will not miss anything good about him at the party because he has done huge havoc on our party in Lagos State.
“He has come to our party to spy and he ruined the party.
“We are assuring the public that we are going to pick up the party from where it is now and take it to its Eldorado come 2027 by the special grace of God,” Olalemi said.
Wishing Adediran good luck in his new party, the PDP chairman described the exit of the former candidate as good radiance in Lagos PDP.
The vice chairman, however, blamed the party’s national leaders and some state leaders for offering Adediran PDP’s ticket on the platter of gold during the 2023 general elections.
Adediran who had resigned from the PDP on March 3, citing a lack of discipline in the party and betrayal by its leaders, announced his return to APC on Monday.
It would be recalled that Adediran, a leader of the Lagos4Lagos Movement and former APC governorship aspirant, also defected from APC to PDP in 2021.
