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BREAKING: Jandor Meets Tinubu In Aso Rock After Dumping PDP

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Mar 13, 2025.

Jandor met President Tinubu at Aso Rock after quitting PDP.
He criticized PDP leadership, hinting at joining another party.
Sources suggest he may return to APC or form an alliance.

Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, the Lagos State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 elections, met with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Monday.

The meeting, which was not publicly announced, reportedly took place between 2 pm and 4 pm, according to TheCable.

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that Jandor recently resigned from the PDP, citing “indiscipline and anti-party activities” within the party. However, he has yet to disclose his next political move.

Before joining the PDP, Jandor was a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) but defected to contest the Lagos governorship election. His campaign, however, faced internal party conflicts and what he described as betrayal by the PDP’s national leadership on the eve of the election.

He claimed he “would have won” the election if not for a “false claim of alliance” that misled PDP supporters into voting for another candidate.

In the 2023 Lagos governorship election, APC’s Babajide Sanwo-Olu secured 762,134 votes, while Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of the Labour Party came second with 312,329 votes. Jandor finished third with 62,449 votes.

In his resignation letter, Jandor expressed disappointment in the PDP’s leadership, stating:

“I am here before you today without a heavy heart and a clear conscience. We have dedicated ourselves to the ideals of democracy—both good governance and the pursuit of a better Lagos. However, it has become evident that the leadership of the PDP, both at the national and state levels, has failed to uphold its principles.”

He also hinted at aligning with another party, saying:

“We will consult widely with everybody and then take the decision to collapse our structure to another platform. The major thing now is that we have left the PDP.”

While the details of Jandor’s meeting with Tinubu remain unclear, sources within Aso Rock suggest it was a fence-mending move that could facilitate his return to the APC or an alliance ahead of the 2027 general election.

Jandor Meets Tinubu

Before meeting Tinubu, Jandor had also visited former Heads of State, Ibrahim Babangida and Abdulsalami Abubakar, in Minna, Niger State. He later met with former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and senior officials of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), fueling further speculation about his political future.