A former governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos, Abdul-Azeez Adediran, aka Jandor, has decamped to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Jandor announced his decision to defect to the ruling APC in a press conference in Lagos on Monday, weeks after he left the PDP.
He explained that the decision to join the political party that considers winning, not minding who is on the ballot.
“We have decided to return to the All Progressives Congress. We have decided to return home,” he said.
Jandor added, “Before you are quick to remind me of the reasons why I dumped APC, I want to say that there is a Yoruba adage that says, if a woman has not tried two husbands, she would not know which one is better.”
The politician had, on March 3rd, 2025, dumped the PDP over what he described as anti-party activities of some leaders of the party in Lagos State.
“We were waiting to see if the party at the national level governed by the constitution of the party would look into the provisions of that constitution and say that for engaging in anti-party activities openly, this is the sanction.
“We waited patiently for two years to see whether that would happen; instead, the same person was appointed Vice Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee by the national,” he said while resigning from the PDP.
About a week ago, he met with President Bola Tinubu, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, and other important political figures in the nation following his public revelation of his desire to leave the PDP.
Prior to departing the APC in 2022 with his Lagos4Lagos Movement, a faction inside the ruling party, Jandor’s political career began with the APC.
Prior to the 2023 election, he joined the PDP, and he became the party’s candidate for governor of Lagos. But Babajide Sanwo-Olu of the APC defeated him.