Lagos PDP Guber  Candidate’s Convoy Attacked

The campaign train of the Lagos State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), Dr. Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor) was attacked yesterday  while returning from visitation to members of the party at the Ikoga Junction area of Badagry Local Government by  thugs suspected to be supporters of All Progressives Congress (APC).

The Lagos State PDP Publicity Secretary/ Chairman, Media and Publicity Team for JandorFunke 2023 Campaign Council, Hon. Hakeem Amode, said in a statement yesterday that the  attack led to injury of several members of Jandor’s entourage  and press men.

According to him, the  thugs that attacked  the campaign train were shouting APC while shooting guns and using dangerous weapons.

He said: “You will recall that our party raised concern over the threat to use APC sponsored thugs to attack the campaign programmes of our gubernatorial  candidate Dr. Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran-Jandor  recently and we would like to state categorically that this will not deter the determination of our candidate to campaign for the next election and win the election come March 29, 2023.

“We would like to call on the Commissioner of Police of Lagos state and the Area Commander of Police in the Badagry division to do everything possible to fish out those behind the attack and necessary disciplinary actions taken against them to forestall such occurrences in the future and to instill confidence in our members that they will be protected during this campaign period.

“We would like to also strongly warn those that are hell bent on causing trouble or planning to disrupt the campaign and elections that we would not fold our arms watch as we will resist all forms of intimidation.”

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that the PDP governorship candidate, who  hails from the Badagry division of Lagos state, had met with  with Islamic clerics in the Badagry zone and had promised to put public interests first if elected governor in 2023.

According to him, his administration will make education free and compulsory, establish ministries of Children Affairs and People Living with Disability(PWD).

The PDP candidate said his administration would work for masses alone.

Calling for prayers and support, Adediran said that he would work for the interest and development of the division if elected governor.

“We have faith that if we sit down and do the sacrifice, the prayers will be answered. The prayers you made sometime ago, God has answered it.

“The next one is election and only God can answer the prayers. Vote your conscience.

“Badagry can be sure that I will work for their interest. I will work for the people of Lagos and put their interest first in decision making,” he said.

In an interactive session with artisans and physically-challenged people in Agamadeh part of Badagry, the candidate promised not to leave them behind.

Urging them to vote for all PDP candidates across board, Adediran said that he would erase the zone’s years of neglect by successive administrations.

In their responses, the leader of PLWD, Mr Barnabas Raji,  and the Chairman, Coalition of Artisans in the Local Government, Mr Kola Alatise,  pledged to mobilise their members in support of Adediran.