Jandor: Bode George sabotaging PDP in Lagos, supporting Gbadebo

The gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Abdul-Azeez Adediran (aka Jandor) says a chieftain of the party, Bode George is sabotaging the party’s chances of electoral success in Lagos.

Jandor spoke on Arise TV Wednesday show says he jump-shipped the APC for the PDP, he identified George as one of the problems of the party and he went straight to him to inform him about his defection.

He alleged that the PDP chieftain is in connivance with “different tendencies” in the APC.

“When we moved to the PDP, I went straight to Chief Bode George’s house, there are different tendencies within the PDP, we have Deji Doherty, we have Dr. Ogunkelu, we went into Bode George’s house despite the fact that the house has no structure that can even make you become governor, but I went there through Chief Olusegun Obasanjo,” he said.

“I know he has always been the problem and if you’re able to address the man that has always been the problem, the problem is half solved, because they work hand in hand with the principalities in APC”

Jandor upon entrance to the PDP was informed by the former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, about the decision of Gbadebo Rhodes Vivour to run for the party’s secretary at the time. However, in the build-up to the party’s primary in 2022, Gbadebo decided to join the race for the governorship in Lagos.

Some of us looked at it and approached Chief (Bode George) that this boy that you told us is your friend’s son and you’re his godfather so to speak, why will two of us come out from the same house, we are going to be sharing the little votes in this how, he said no, don’t worry forget it, he dismissed it.”

According to him, George asked him to choose Gbadebo as his running mate but he rejected the notion after winning the PDP primary poll without the help of the PDP chieftain.

He said after he rejected his advice, he (George) asked Gbadebo to defect to the Labour Party to pick the party’s governorship ticket.

“Immediately I won the PDP primary ticket, the same Chief Bode George came to sell Gbadebo to me to pick him as my running mate and I was like, I can’t fight a godfather where I was coming from and I am here babysitting another godfather, it shows we are not standing for anything. So, I refused”, he said.

“That’s why you’ll see him eulogising the other guy (Gbadebo) at the expense of the candidate of his own party. It is what it is because they asked him to move to Labour thereafter. Again, I’ve been on this campaign and you’ve been reporting attacks on Jandor, a PDP candidate, and Chief Bode George and other leaders of the party have never for once condemned the attack. The same Bode George came out a few days ago saying some people want to kill Gbadebo.”

Jandor maintained that the he is the right candidate for the PDP to present to defeat the APC in Lagos.