Abdulazeez Olajide Adediran, widely known as Jandor and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate for the 2023 election in Lagos State, clarified on Tuesday that he did not expel Chief Bode George from the party.
Jandor elaborated, stating that individuals, including George, who endorsed candidates from different political parties in the last election, effectively expelled themselves from the PDP.
In a ‘State of the Nation’ address, Jandor asserted his leadership role within the PDP in Lagos State, reiterating his stance on those within the party who supported alternative candidates during the recent elections.
However, appearing on Arise Television on Tuesday, Jandor said: “I did not expel them because I have no power to do so; I would rather say they expelled themselves when they declared for another party during the 2023 electioneering process.
“There is evidence on national TV both for the presidential and gubernatorial elections.
“When a supposed leader of a political party goes on national TV to say, ‘Don’t vote for the candidate of my party’, irrespective of what it is, it shows that the leader has gone to the other party.
“If the party they supported had won, they would have been part of the government today. I don’t have the power, and they never said they’d be expelled; they did it themselves.
“What we’re saying is that because you’ve declared openly, you have no say in this party.”
