The 2023 governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Dr. Abdul-Azeez Adediran (popularly known as Jandor) has said that his assignment presently is working towards the re-election of President Bola Tinubu in 2027.
On 3 March, Adediran, who is the lead visioner of the Lagos4Lagos movement, had resigned from the PDP and announced his return to his former party, the All Progressives Congress (APC).
During a rally to formally return to the APC in the Ojo area of the state on Friday, Adediran told his supporters that, with the positive results of President Tinubu’s people-centred reforms and recent defections into the party, nothing could stop his re-election in 2027, if he decides to re-contest.
He said: ‘Our conviction to come back home is as a result of the reforms that Mr. President is doing.
‘Removal of fuel subsidy makes President Tinubu a selfless President because he would have ordinarily allowed the status quo to remain to secure second term in office.
‘The President is poised about doing what is best for the country and the reforms are yielding results for the country now.
‘That is why we are going to do everything humanly possible to make sure we work for his re-election.
‘Our priority is to ensure that we see to how this man will return in 2027 to give to further reposition the country’, he said.
Adediran, who noted that though he did not win as PDP candidate in 2023, his struggle, however, opened up political opportunities for people of Badagry division in APC.
Appreciating APC for warmly receiving him into the party, Adediran urged his followers to start work in earnest for the president’s re-election in 2027.
The state APC chairman, Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi, who noted that the party was proud to have Adediran and his team back in the party, urged the leaders to accommodate the team.
Urging APC members to keep working hard for the progress of the party, Ojelabi said that President Tinubu would always reward hardworking loyalists.
‘Put in your best. Let your best be known to all of us. We are there to recognise you. We are going to do everything possible to integrate you.
‘Let us come together. We are going to use our own votes as investment to be able to negotiate for involvement in the government’, he said.
He said that Adediran would contribute his quota to the growth of the party.
The chairman of Ojo Local Government, Hon. Olushola Idowu described the return of Adediran as a good addition to APC, especially in Ojo Local Government, urging party members to welcome him and his followers with open arms.
Also, the state Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Kayode Robert commended Adediran for his courage to return to the ruling party.
Hundreds of Adediran’s loyalists from the Lagos4Lagos Movement and PDP were present at the rally.
Among dignitaries at the rally were former Deputy Governor in the state, Mrs. Sarah Sosan, federal and state lawmakers and other party leaders.
