{"id":22788,"date":"2025-03-17T11:30:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T11:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=22788"},"modified":"2025-03-17T11:30:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T11:30:09","slug":"jandor-dumps-pdp-returns-to-apc-citing-party-crisis-and-leadership-failures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=22788","title":{"rendered":"Jandor Dumps PDP, Returns to APC Citing Party Crisis and Leadership Failures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Dr. Abdul-Azeez Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, has officially defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The former Lagos governorship candidate made the announcement on Monday during a press conference in Ikeja, weeks after resigning from the PDP.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Citing internal crises and a lack of party discipline, Jandor expressed disappointment in the PDP\u2019s handling of anti-party activities during the 2023 general elections. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">He stated that his decision followed extensive consultations with political associates, elder statesmen, and supporters who share his vision for a prosperous Lagos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Jandor acknowledged previous concerns about his exit from the APC but emphasized that his return was driven by the party\u2019s commitment to winning elections and fostering development. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">He also credited President Bola Tinubu\u2019s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, and Tinubu\u2019s son, Seyi Tinubu, for playing key roles in his decision to return.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Assuring his supporters that the move was in Lagos\u2019 best interest, Jandor called for unity among progressives, pledging to work toward a better future for the state.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Abdul-Azeez Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, has officially defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22789,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[111,3262,10340,7247,110],"class_list":["post-22788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-apc","tag-jandor","tag-leadership-failures","tag-party-crisis","tag-pdp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22788"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22788"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22790,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22788\/revisions\/22790"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}