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Olajide Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, has claimed that if not for the “Peter Obi effect,” he would have emerged victorious over Babajide Sanwo-Olu in the 2023 Lagos State governorship election.

Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Tuesday, the former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate argued that the unexpected surge of support for the Labour Party (LP) in Lagos shifted the political landscape, making it difficult for the PDP to compete effectively.

“The 2023 election came with this tsunami that nobody ever expected, and it was there for everybody to see,” Jandor said.

He explained that after Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) won the February 2023 presidential election in Lagos, the dynamics of the governorship poll, held weeks later, drastically changed against the PDP.

Recall the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the governorship election with 762,134 votes. Labour Party’s Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour finished second with 312,329 votes, while Jandor came third with 62,449 votes.

Jandor insisted that, before the presidential election, PDP was in a strong position and actively challenging the ruling APC.

“Before the general election, we were on the streets of Lagos, and the ruling party was nowhere to be found. We had several debates, and he (Sanwo-Olu) didn’t show up; he even said he didn’t want to share a stage with me,” Jandor recalled.

“The 2023 election had its own dynamics. It was a two-horse race until the presidential election. If you look at what happened, Peter Obi came first in Lagos, Asiwaju came second, and Atiku came third.

“The moment that happened, there was this belief that if we do this, we can get this state off XYZ. So, we were victims of that political wave.

“Each time I address my people, I tell them: look, we did everything, but that wave came and swallowed the whole thing; nobody saw that coming.”

JAMO84:
This one is hallucinating

Him and Chinedu should go and contest for chairman, Nnewi south local government, Anambra state.

chopnaira:
Someone that's a clown. If we add PDP and LP's vote together, APC still beat them black and blue

JAMO84:
This one is hallucinating

Him and Chinedu should go and contest for chairman, Nnewi south local government, Anambra state.

Penguin2:
The Peter Obi tsunami

Lol

Real politicians who played in the field keep recognizing the force that Obi pulled in 2023 and is still pulling.

Fayose: “Obi is an institution now”.

Jandor: “Obi tsunami swept PDP away in Lagos.”

But riffraffs will stay under their brown roofs in Ogbomoso and be foaming in the mouth.

Don’t worry, 2027, una go see the one wey pass Beatrice.

Bobloco:
Even with all the threats, intimidation, destruction of lives and properties, and invoking of political 'Oro' festivals by the APC and their hordes of thugs and hoodlums, it wasn't a flawless victory for the APC.

Arobaga:
E good as una dey confess say Obi get Lagos



Bloody unity beggars

Penguin2:
The Peter Obi tsunami

Lol

Real politicians who played in the field keep recognizing the force that Obi pulled in 2023 and is still pulling.

Fayose: “Obi is an institution now”.

Jandor: “Obi tsunami swept PDP away in Lagos.”

But riffraffs will stay under their brown roofs in Ogbomoso and be foaming in the mouth.

Don’t worry, 2027, una go see the one wey pass Beatrice.

4tomandchi:
Even Kwankwaso regretted not taking the VP slot on Obi's ticket the North now knows his value and are cooking something sweet for 2027.
Peter Obi/Nasiru El-Rufai for president 2027

Sobalim:
Peter Obi is a movement. Only Ronu miscreants say otherwise

Sobalim:
Peter Obi is a movement. Only Ronu miscreants say otherwise

JAMO84:
This one is hallucinating

Him and Chinedu should go and contest for chairman, Nnewi south local government, Anambra state.

flokii:
Delusions of grandeur.. you and that half-Igbo lad called Chinedu combined can't unseat Governor Sanwo Olu.
Lagos State is not for neophytes.. try your luck in Anambra or Enugu.