Lagos4Lagos Crusader, Jandor Lands Lagos PDP Guber Ticket

Abiola Olawale
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Lagos4Lagos Crusader, Jandor Lands Lagos PDP Guber Ticket

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The lead visioner and crusader of Lagos4Lagos Movement, Olajide Adediran, popularly known as Jandor on Wednesday clinched the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ticket for the 2023 governorship election in Lagos State.

He polled a total of 679 votes to defeat his closest rival, David Vaughan, who polled a total of 20 votes.

Going into the election, four contestants — including Olanrewaju Jim-Kamal, Adedeji Doherty, Ade Dosunmu and Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, had announced their decision to withdraw from the race.

Declaring the result in Ikeja, the Chairman of the Lagos PDP Electoral Committee/Returning Officer, Emmanuel Ogidi, said Adediran scored 679 votes and was thereby declared the official flagbearer of the PDP in the forthcoming 2023 gubernatorial election.

According to him, of the 775 ad hoc delegates for the primaries, 709 were accredited for the election. He also noted that 10 votes were voided in the election.

In his words, “The total number of accredited voters is 709, and Olajide Adediran got 679 votes, DAKOVA (David Kolawole Vaughan) had 20 and we had 10 voided votes.

“Having satisfied all the requirements in our guidelines, I want to announce Dr Olajide Adediran as our candidate after scoring the highest votes of 679. He is hereby declared the winner and returned elected.”

In his victory speech, Mr Adediran, who acknowledged the aspirants that stepped down for him, said he was ready to face the All Progressives Congress (APC).

He pledged to sit with all aspirants and leaders of the party to tap from their wealth of knowledge and experience in a bid to win Lagos state for the PDP.

Adediran, who applauded all the delegates for their trust in giving him the party’s ticket, promised to bring governance to the grassroots.

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