Lagos 2023: Jandor Picks PDP Governorship Nomination Forms

Lagos State governorship hopeful, Dr Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran, popularly called Jandor, on Monday in Abuja purchased the nomination and expression of interest forms to run for governorship in Lagos on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) come 2023.

It will be recalled that sale of expression of interest and nomination forms for members wishing to contest in the 2023 General Elections commenced on Thursday, 17th of March, 2022 immediately after the 95th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the party ended in Abuja.

 The governorship hopeful, who recently defected to PDP from All Progressives Congress (APC), and was received into the fold by governors of the party led by Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State;

Upon picking the forms proceeded to the office of the PDP National Chairman, Sen. Iyorchia Ayu to present them to him and also express appreciation for his attendance at the official enmasse cross-over ceremony of members of Lagos4lagos into the PDP, which held in Lagos in January.

In a remark at a brief press conference, just after receiving the nomination form, Adediran reiterated the importance of having a new face to govern the affairs of Lagos, come 2023.

The party chieftain said focus, doggedness and determination to rescue Lagos residents from the stranglehold of repeated dictatorship and clueless governance motivated some of his friends, referred to as Friends of Jandor (FOJ), to align with the vision and support him with the funds used to purchase the nomination form.

Adediran, who said he was in the race to win and be next governor of Lagos State, recalled that past poll statistics have shown that PDP in the state had been polling between 34% and 36% of total votes, adding that with Lagos4Lagos movement led by him coming into the party with its huge numbers, victory was certain.

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It is exactly 60 days to the primary election which will come up 21st of May, it is such a significant day and being the first to pick the form in Lagos speaks volume about our level of seriousness, it shows that we aren’t joking and we are in this to win.

In the past elections, statistics have shown that PDP has been polling between 34% – 36% of total votes and with us (Lagos4Lagos movement) coming into the party with our huge numbers, it is exactly what PDP needs to win the state, the huge numbers we brought into the party is a defining deficit for the APC and a definite plus in PDP, he said.

Meanwhile, Dr. Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran popularly called Jandor will on Thursday 24th of March, 2022 publicly announce his intention to run for the Lagos State governorship seat in an open declaration event at the Haven Event centre in Ikeja, Lagos.