Lagos PDP governorship candidate, Jandor announced the choice of Nollywood Actress, Funke Akidele as his running mate on Tuesday.
By Emma Ogbuehi
Lagos governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Dr. Olajide Adediran aka Jandor has announced popular actress, Funke Akindele as his running mate.
Jandor announced the choice of the popular ‘Omo Ghetto’ star on Tuesday.
Funke is from Ikorodu and Lagos East Senatorial District like the incumbent Deputy Governor and has the overwhelming popularity to garner votes.
Akindele also confirmed the nomination, saying she would work assiduously for the party and for Lagos to have a breath of fresh air.
It was learnt Funke emerged running mate after defeating former governorship aspirant, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour; former Senatorial candidate for Lagos East, Yeye Shobajo, another governorship aspirant, David Kolawole Vaughan known as Dakova and Engr. Teslim Balogun to clinch the slot.
The eventual announcement puts paid to the anxiety on the choice of the Nollywood actress for the job. Against the backdrop of rumours of her selection last week, the Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) debunked the claim, saying Jardon was yet to name the movie star as his running mate.
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Lagos PDP Publicity Secretary, Hakeem Amode, had then stated that the party was not aware of any running mate yet.
Amode also added that Jandor would in due course, announce his running mate, adding that everybody would know.
He said, “It is not in my place to announce who the running mate to our governorship candidate, Jandor, is. Let us wait for the candidate himself to announce.
Amode had asked; “Has the candidate of the party announced anywhere that he has picked his own running mate?
“What you are reading online on this, is it from the candidate of the party?
“The candidate of the party will announce who his running mate is and he has not done that. We should wait for the official announcement” .
Jandor’s had also denied picking Akindele.
“I haven’t chosen nor announced Funke Akindele as my running mate. However, that stage will come in due course when an official public announcement will be made,” he reportedly said.
