Jandor Seeks Buhari, IGP Help Over Attacks On Campaign Train

Jandor Seeks Buhari, IGP Help Over Attacks On Campaign Train

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Dr Olajide Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, has raised the alarm over the constant attacks on his campaign team.

Speaking at a press conference on Sunday, Jandor called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the Inspector General of Police to intervene in the attacks, which he said are being perpetrated by agents of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.

Jandor said the attacks started last year when those commissioned to produce billboards for his campaign returned his money and his posters were destroyed in strategic areas of the state.

He recalled how he started a campaign tour of the 245 wards in the state on October 19, 2022, revealing that 192 wards have been visited so far, but that his team has suffered several attacks from the agents of the ruling APC.

Jandor said: “We started with the Alimosho Area before moving to Badagry. We visited the riverine areas in Badagry on the first day of the visit, but on the second day, when we visited the other side we were attacked by the hoodlums of the APC.

“We thought the governor, who is the Chief Security Officer of the state, would address the matter, but this was not to be. Similarly, during our visit to the Agege Area on January 21, 2023, our team was attacked. We reported the matter to the police. This also happened in the Kosofe Area of the state a few days ago.

“What they do is to tell the people that want to receive us not to do so. They attacked our deputy governorship candidate, Ms Funke Akindele, when she went to the Fruits Market in Kosofe on our first day there.

“On the second day, Wednesday, January 25, they attacked us in the Oworonsoki Area. I called the state Commissioner of Police and told him I would go in no matter what happened. Many of our people were injured in the process.

“We went to Surulere the next day, but I was called by 2 am before we visited that thugs were already around. We still went there and on Friday, as I was praying in the mosque being Jumat, they were calling my name that they wanted to attack me and some of my people were wounded in the process.

“Our campaign vehicles were destroyed and they also destroyed our offices there. But the APC members are turning and twisting that they were attacked by our people. Despite what they are doing, we will continue to go ahead with our campaign.”