Our Guber candidate already lobbying for Ministerial position – PDP

,,,,,,,,A group known as the Whistle-Blowers within the Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have alleged that the party’s gubernatorial candidate for the state, Dr Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran popularly known as Jandor, is already conceding defeat even when the governorship election has not been held in the state.

,,,,,,The group, which accused Jandor of not being serious about winning the 2023 governorship election in the state, said the PDP candidate is already lobbying for ministerial appointment should the party’s standard-bearer, Atiku Abubakar, win the upcoming presidential election in the country.

The group made this known in a statement it issued to newsmen on Tuesday, stating that it would take some kinds of miracle for the party to win the state in the upcoming poll as all its leaders in the state have been bought over by the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The group said: “The big question that needs to be answered by our Lagos State Gubernatorial Candidate, ADENIRAN ABDUL-AZEEZ (JANDOR) is whether he has plans to win the coming elections to become the 16th Governor of Lagos State or to be a Federal Minister?”.

,,,,,,“This question is directed to him based on the fact that whilst seeking financial support from other PDP candidates and leaders across the country who also have their election to persecute, it has been monitored that he is also lobbying and canvassing to be considered as a Minister when he loses the next election. Doesn’t this infer that he is not convinced of his capacity to deliver the Gubernatorial seat to PDP?”

“All the observations and objections raised by the Whistleblowers about JANDOR have now been confirmed within the State and the Nation at large. His rudeness, pompousness, disrespect, and arrogance have been tasted by all and sundry putting to rest the outcry and abuses that we encountered months ago when the agitation against his entry into the party and subsequent emergence as the flag bearer started.

,,,,,“We were threatened, abused, assaulted, and maligned by everyone. Most of his attack dogs have now seen the true picture and have fallen out with him”.

“The recent revelation by Babatunde Fashola confirms our initial cry that he was a cameraman at Lagos Television. BRF has said it clear that becoming a State Governor requires more than JANDOR (the cameraman) following a Governor (BRF) for 8 years.

,,,,,,,“Fashola’s attack on JANDOR is not unconnected with the fact that his paymasters in the APC who BRF is amongst had stopped financing him because they believed that he had perfected their plans to further weaken PDP in Lagos State by emerging the candidate”.

“Indeed JANDOR did not come to PDP with clean hands. Our mention that he was a spy and puppet of the APC sent to PDP was debunked by the like of Gov. Seyi Makinde, Dr Ogunkelu, Chief Bode George and his wife, Setonji Kosedoh, Wahab Owokoniran, Tunji Shele, and Rahmon Owokoniran to mention a few. It is on record that he has fallen out of favour with these selfish leaders”.

“His level of rudeness was recently exhibited at an event that JANDOR and a very close ally of Atiku Abubakar for more than 25 years, attended. Even with the fact that he, JANDOR got there after the event, we monitored that this close ally was shocked when JANDOR lambasted him and that he should never in his life call him without the prefix Dr. added to his name”.

“We indeed have monitored that JANDOR has never campaigned for Atiku Abubakar, rather he only tries to position himself to be the conduit for funds disbursement to Lagos State. This buttresses the fact that we mentioned that he came to the party for lush elections funds.

,,,,,“Other leaders he has gone cap in hand to beg for money and a ministerial appointment include the present Gov of Osun State, and the present Delta State Speaker and Governorship candidate, Tunde Ayeni, to mention a few,” the group added.

However, when contacted by Daily Independent, Jandor described the group as charlatans being sponsored by the APC to malign him.

He said: “This is surely coming from APC-sponsored charlatans in PDP. They started writing against me the moment I got into PDP and their write-up didn’t stop me from winning the party ticket. They will continue to write till I will be sworn in as Governor of Lagos state”.

,,,,,,,“So there’s nothing to respond to the faceless illiterate who don’t even know my name, despite same being in the public domain. He has consistently called me what I am not in his several write-ups”.