Lagos Guber: Doberty Speaks On Stepping Down For Jandor

The governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Lagos State, Funso Doherty, has denied stepping down for the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olajide Adediran, popularly known as Jandor.

Naija News recalls that the PDP Vice Presidential candidateand Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, had earlier claimed via his Twitter handle that ADC in Lagos State has endorsed the Atiku Abubakar/OkowaPresidential Ticket ahead of the 2023 general elections.

Okowa revealed this while he and the Governorship candidate of the party in Lagos, Jandor, welcomed the ADC members as they accept their commitment to wholeheartedly work towards securing victory for the PDP in the presidential election.

But in a statement on Monday, Doherty said media reports claiming that the ADC has collapsed its structure in Lagos for the PDP is untrue.

According to him, the Jandor reached out to him, seeking a meeting and suggesting a collaboration, but he rejected the offer.

The ADC candidate said the “fake news” is intensifying because the people are choosing them as the credible alternative to the ruling party in Lagos.

He described as sponsored efforts and futile attempts to puncture the hope that he is awakening across Lagos.

ADC Denies Endorsing Peter Obi, Confirms Its Preferred Candidate

Meanwhile, the ADC has denied reports that it collapsed its structure to form an alliance with any presidential candidate in the 2023 election.

Reports had emerged earlier that the party endorsed the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi and his running mate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed.

In a statement on Monday afternoon, the party described as false and fraudulent reports that it has endorsed Obi, Atiku Abubakar of the PDP, and  Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The party claimed the said endorsement was staged by some members of a faction of the party who had been going about endorsing any candidate.