Lead visioner of the Lagos4Lagos Movement, Dr. Olajide Adediran, otherwise called Jandor will officially defect to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Tuesday, January 11.
He is billed to be welcomed into the party in Lagos by Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State.
Recall that the politician, with his supporters had, towards the end of last year, dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
The claimed their action followed ‘irreconcilable differences’, as a fallout of the party’s Ward, local and state congresses, which conduct and the outcome he strongly opposed.
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Jandor, who findings showed had already paid visits to homes of PDP bigwigs in Lagos State, including a Deputy National Chairman of the party, Chief Olabode George, and was warmly received, would be officially welcomed into PDP at a grand ceremony, scheduled to hold at Tafawa Balewa Square, at Onikan area of the state.
It was gathered that Governor Makinde would lead other party chieftain from South West, including former governors, deputy governors, former and serving senators and House of Representatives members to the event.
Chief Bode George, who is leader of PDP in Lagos, would be host at the event, while the party headquarters, in Abuja, the Federal Capital, is expected to send a representative.
It would be recalled that Jandon, who crossed to PDP on the invitation of a former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, at a meeting held at the faction’s secretariat in Lagos, said his defection to PDP was to resurrect the party to win elections in state.
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He also said that his movement was joining forces with the PDP to wrestle power from the ruling APC in Lagos State.
He was quoted to have said that, “Everybody knew the events that led to our defection. We have seen that they (APC leadership) are not ready for anything. And for us, we have a vision and we are focused on it. We all saw what the PDP did during their congresses.
“They held a rancour-free congress from the ward, local government, state and as well as the national levels.
“We are focused and we have the numbers. We have weighed other options and we believe it is better we move our structure to a political party that equally has a structure. You know structure wins an election,” he said.
