‘Congenital liar’: How Jandor taught us big lesson at PDP – Bode George

Bode George, a prominent chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has launched a scathing attack on Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor), the party’s 2023 Lagos governorship candidate, labeling him a “congenital liar”.

George made the remark during a conversation with Jimi Disu on Nigeria Info FM on Tuesday.

Jandor, who defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the PDP before the 2023 elections, secured the party’s governorship ticket amid internal party disputes. However, his relationship with key PDP figures, including George, has been tense, with accusations of betrayal and dishonesty surfacing over time.

On Monday, he announced his return to the APC four days after meeting President Bola Tinubu in Abuja.

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Speaking about the former PDP governorship candidate, George said Jandor taught PDP “a lesson,” noting that he had agreed to pick Gbadebo Rhodes-Viviour as his running mate but reneged.

“He is a congenital liar. We stumbled into him through an older, respectable leader who brought him. It was something unusual because Gbadebo (Rhodes-Vivour) was at the forefront (of the PDP governorship ticket), the party chieftain said.

“But when the respectable man brought Jandor, we had to make a decision because, in our culture, we respect the elderly.

“Gbadebo was on hand, but I asked him his age, and he said he was 39, and Jandor said he was 45. And I said, ‘We can work something out’.

“I concluded that Jandor had been vetted by the old man. Until we had agreed that he would choose Gbadebo as his running mate. Then Gbadebo stepped down after paying 21 million for the party’s governorship ticket.

“Then, one day, Fashola said on TV that Jandor was his former cameraman. That was when we started digging into him.

“All of the party’s elders have concluded that we will not listen to any input from anybody from now on. Let whoever wants to contest go to the field.

“It is a lesson that he (Jandor) taught us. When he got the ticket, he did not want to take Gbadebo as his running mate. He lives in a conundrum of lies.

“Our party doesn’t do that, and we, the elders, apologised profusely, vowing that what happened with Jandor would never repeat itself.”