Abdul-Azeez Adediran aka Jandor, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Lagos State, has effectively ended any possibility of an alliance with his Labour Party (LP) counterpart, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour.
Proponents of the school of thought that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has overstayed its welcome as the government of the day in Nigeria’s commercial and entertainment capital have championed an alliance between both heavyweight opposition parties.
The calls grew louder in the wake of the LP’s unprecedented victory in the presidential poll, thanks to Peter Obi and running mate Datti Baba-Ahmed.
However, Jandor put hopes of such a union to rest, in a live interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday.
According to him, when his “project” started years ago, it was beyond a desire to become governor.
“If it’s to be governor, I could have been governor where I was coming from, but I chose this route,” he said.
The entrepreneur noted that when talks of an alliance began “flying around,” the PDP tabled the matter, “even though we [Gbadebo and I] haven’t sat together to discuss it”.
He added, “We came ourselves to look at the issue and say, ‘Within us, what do we want to do? Do we want to put an end to a dynasty that has held us by the jugular for over two decades? Where do we go from here?’”
According to him, the party decided to analyse every issue critically.
Forming Alliance With Labour Party Is Like Sitting On a Keg Of Gunpowder, Says PDP’s Jandor.