A prominent leader and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has reacted to the accusation of anti-party activities leveled against him by the party’s flag bearer in the 2023 Lagos gubernatorial election, Adediran Olajide, popularly known as Jandor, describing it as “an insult.”

George, while speaking on Tuesday during a live radio program, FM’s Current Affairs, Frontline, monitored by The Guardian, warned that mere attention from him would politically take away Jandor and his acclaimed popularity from ,
Labeling Jandor as “insolent” and someone who had never worked in the party’s best interest, George said,

“I am in my 80s; he is a child. This little rat that you are talking about—what does he know about this party? Let me be frank, I consider it an insult, complete insolence. This boy—my children are much older than him. Like I learned in my Latin class in secondary school, it is an infradig* an attempt for me to respond to that clown. It is absolute rubbish.”

The political leader further added that Jandor had no idea how the party runs, yet he was allowed a chance to be the party’s candidate, prompting people like the Labour Party’s candidate, Gbadebo Vivour-Rhodes, to step down and defect to the opposition party, despite GVR being a more credible candidate.

“Somebody that I have regard and respect for and cannot say no to brought him (Jandor), recommended him, and he competed with a highly experienced, brilliant, well-educated candidate—one who went to the best university in the world, got his degree from MIT, from a very resounding family background, who had contested before in the West Senatorial District of Lagos, which contains 10 LGAs, while the Central has five and the East also five. So, the West Senatorial District is about 50 percent of Lagos State. He contested and obviously won, but the manipulations of the Electoral Commission didn’t just start today.

“This candidate is outstanding, with a very well-respected family background. We asked them to step down for one another while the other deputized, but immediately after that, he said, ‘Eh sir, someone told him before that in case he wins, he should go and take one woman from Ikorodu (ACTRESS, FUNKE AKINDELE).’

“During that primary election, we told the other boy to step down after getting the form for N21 million. Of course, I was able to convince his own father, Wale Rhodes-Vivour, because we were classmates. I said his son, Gbadebo, should calm down and take the second slot. Otherwise, he (GRV) would’ve beaten him (JANDOR) blue, black, yellow, and green. He listened and accepted,” the octogenarian said.

It would be recalled that on March 4, 2025, Olajide Adediran, also known as Jandor, announced his resignation from the party, citing persistent anti-party activities, internal sabotage, and lack of discipline within the party.

Jandor, during a media briefing in the state, said that some party leaders saw his candidacy as a threat to their interests and worked against him, citing instances of attacks on his campaign and condemnation from party leaders. He accused the State Chairman of the party, Philip Aivoji, of allegedly issuing a false statement on all PDP platforms, claiming that he (Jandor) had withdrawn from the election.

Jandor also accused George, a leader of the party in Lagos State, of openly declaring support for the gubernatorial candidate of another party and advising Lagos residents not to vote for the PDP.

However, reacting, George said Jandor’s statement needs no direct reply, citing an unforgivable sin Jandor had committed—a sin he promised not to disclose but would forward to a certain Dr. Seye Dairo to reveal to the public.

“This clown just came to the party, and he hasn’t even conducted any election or sought a position even in the ward.

He committed an unforgivable sin, and what he got out of it is the reward he deserved. He committed an unforgivable sin and got what he planted. What you sow, you will reap,” he said.

Refuting the claim that Jandor’s defection was sabotage to the Not Too Young to Run campaign, George said politics should not be mixed with “politricks,” citing the tripod that any party and the nation itself should stand on: justice, fairness, and equity—not favoritism and lack of political orientation.