Former Lagos State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Abdul-Azeez Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, has officially returned to the All Progressives Congress (APC), just two weeks after resigning from the PDP.
Jandor announced his defection at a press conference in Lagos on Monday, stating that his decision was based on political realities. He explained that his move was informed by experience, quoting a Yoruba adage: “If a woman has not tried two husbands, she would not know which one is better.”
Jandor, who led the Lagos4Lagos Movement, initially left the APC in 2022 and joined the PDP, where he secured the party’s governorship ticket for the 2023 election.
However, he lost to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of the APC. On March 3, 2025, he resigned from the PDP, citing internal party issues and alleged anti-party activities by some leaders. He expressed disappointment that, despite these actions, the PDP’s national leadership took no disciplinary action but instead appointed one of the alleged offenders as Vice Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee.
Following his resignation, Jandor met with several political leaders, including President Bola Tinubu and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, before deciding to return to the APC.
Reacting to his defection, the Lagos State chapter of the PDP criticized Jandor’s return to the ruling party, alleging that he had been an APC agent all along. The party’s Deputy Chairman, Tai Benedict, claimed that Jandor was planted to destabilize the PDP from within. He accused him of disrupting party unity, undermining leadership, and making unilateral decisions, including choosing actress Funke Akindele as his running mate for the 2023 election, which he argued was based on social media following rather than political strategy.
Benedict described Jandor’s departure as a relief, stating that while losing party members is usually a setback, some exits bring stability rather than harm.
The APC, on the other hand, welcomed Jandor back into its ranks. The party’s Publicity Secretary, Seye Oladejo, stated that Jandor’s return was expected, describing him as a valuable politician who had merely retraced his steps. He dismissed the PDP’s claims that Jandor was an APC mole, arguing that the opposition party was trying to cover up its internal crises and repeated electoral failures.
Oladejo also indicated that the APC was expecting more defections from other parties in the coming months as the next election cycle approached.
Jandor’s return to the APC signals a shift in Lagos’ political landscape, with potential implications for party dynamics ahead of future elections.