Former Lagos governorship candidate, Olajide
Adediran (Jandor), has declared his intention to contest again in the 2027
Lagos governorship election, while expressing confidence that President Bola
Ahmed Tinubu will secure an easy nationwide victory in the next
presidential poll.
Jandor, who returned to the All Progressives
Congress (APC) in March after resigning from the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP), made the remarks on Channels Television’s Politics Today
on Thursday.
Tinubu’s 2027 chances
Reflecting on Tinubu’s 2023 outing—where the president
lost Lagos to Labour Party candidate Peter Obi but still won the
national vote—Jandor insisted the same scenario would not repeat itself.
“Remember, in 2023, Jandor and his Lagos for Lagos
movement were outside, and this time, we are back inside,” he said. “So, it
won’t be the same thing as what you witnessed in 2023.”
He added: “2027, not only in Lagos but in the entire
country, is going to be a walkover for the man whose courage has given us a lot
in this country today.”
Lagos governorship ambition
Jandor, who placed third behind Governor Babajide
Sanwo-Olu of the APC and Labour’s Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour in 2023,
confirmed he will run again for governor.
“What you heard yesterday is for us to once again
express our can-do ability and give a shot to the same seat we gunned for
during the last electioneering process,” he said.
He dismissed any possibility of aiming for the
presidency before 2031, noting: “There is no vacancy in Aso Rock till 2031. For
now, I am keeping my eyes on Lagos. At the end of the day, whoever the party
picks to run is whom all of us will rally round and support. But for Jandor, I
am running in 2027 and I have so declared.”
On Seyi Tinubu’s possible candidacy
Jandor also welcomed speculation that President
Tinubu’s son, Seyi Tinubu, may enter the APC governorship primary.
“He is well qualified to contest for the position,”
Jandor said, pledging to support him if the party chooses him as its candidate.
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