Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran is a journalist, communications entrepreneur, and politician whose rise in Lagos politics came through media work, business activity, and the Lagos4Lagos movement before his break with the APC. His 2023 governorship run mattered because it gave the PDP a candidate with his own grassroots brand in a state where opposition politics is usually fragmented.
Known widely as Jandor, he carried the PDP ticket in the 2023 Lagos governorship race after building Lagos4Lagos inside the APC. He remains relevant as one of the better-known Lagos opposition figures with both insider knowledge of the ruling structure and an independent mobilisation network.
Journalism and communications career
Built his public reputation through journalism, communications work, and business activity before moving fully into partisan politics.
Lagos4Lagos becomes a political vehicle
Used the Lagos4Lagos movement to challenge the dominant Lagos APC structure from within the party.
Defects to PDP and wins ticket
Left the APC for the PDP and secured the party's governorship nomination in Lagos.
Contests Lagos governorship
Ran as the PDP candidate in the Lagos governorship election and stayed in the public conversation as a visible opposition figure afterward.
Peoples Democratic Party
PDP