Abdulazeez Olajide Adediran, also known as Jandor, the 2023 gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, has refuted claims of expelling Bode George from the party, asserting that he lacks the authority to do so.
In an interview on Arise Television on Tuesday, Jandor clarified that Bode George and his associates expelled themselves from the party by openly declaring support for another candidate during the presidential and gubernatorial elections.
Jandor emphasized that party leaders, including Bode George, effectively ceased to be members of the PDP when they publicly endorsed a different candidate, as evidenced by their televised statements.
He stated, “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.”
