Esther Salifu
A chieftain of the Lagos State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Benedict, has described former governorship candidate Abdul-Azeez Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, as an agent of the All Progressives Congress (APC) sent to destabilize the party.
Speaking in an interview with Punch, Benedict, described Jandor’s exit as a relief, alleging that he sowed division, sidelined party leaders, and made unilateral decisions, including the controversial selection of Funke Akindele as his running mate in the 2023 election.
Benedict said, “He was never our own. He was an agent sent to our party to destroy our party. The very first time I saw him, I told him to explain – that you are an agent of the APC, sent to our party because they knew we had a bright chance to win that election.
“Although he denied it, eventually, I was vindicated. This was somebody who came to the party, and the first thing he did was to start accusing the leaders and the next thing he did was to disorganise a united party to the national level until he got the ticket of our party from the back.
“You know, it’s very unfortunate, very unfortunate. We have never had it so badly. But all I have to say is we thank God. We’re okay with his exit.
“He came, he singularly picked his running mate. It has never happened. He said because Funke (Akindele) had over three million followers on Instagram, that will make his victory (at the 2023 governorship poll) easier. But we had only 62,000 votes.”
“For me, I thank God that he has left our party. It’s not a good thing to lose membership in parties, I quite agree with that. It’s not good to lose your members to other parties. But there are some members that if they leave, you’ll be happy. One of such members is Jandor.”
