The Lead Visioner, Lagos4Lagos Movement, Dr Olajide Adediran (Jandor) has been announced the winner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship ticket.

Jandor, who defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to try his luck in PDP, was said to have been supported by the former national vice-chairman (southwest) of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olabode George, to clinch the party’s ticket, and the reason some of the contenders withdrew from the contesting the party’s primary.

It was gathered that being one of the stalwarts of the party in Lagos, Olabode George manipulated the primary process to favour Jandor.

Declaring the result in Ikeja, the Chairman of the Lagos PDP Electoral Committee/Returning Officer, Mr Emmanuel Ogidi, said Adediran scored 679 votes to defeat his contender, Mr David Vaughan who polled 20 votes.

Ogidi, who noted that there were 775 ad hoc delegates for the primaries, claimed that 709 were accredited for the election.

According to him, 10 votes were voided in the election.

Ogidi said: “The total number of accredited voters is 709, and Olajide Adediran got 679 votes, DAKOVA (David Kolawole Vaughan had 20 and we had 10 voided votes.

“Having satisfied all the requirements in our guidelines, I want to announce Dr Olajide Adediran as our candidate after scoring the highest votes of 679. He is hereby declared the winner and returned elected.”

Meanwhile, Ogidi, before announcing the result, said delegates from Ajeromi-Ifelodun Local Government failed to see reasons with the committee over alleged discrepancies on delegate list.

He, however, commended the aspirants and delegates for their peaceful conduct and sportsmanship throughout the process.

“I want to thank all of you for your patience and I want to congratulate the two contestants for your spirit of sportsmanship, especially DAKOVA. He is a true sportsman,” Ogidi said.

In his victory speech, Adediran, believed to be a protégé of the former Lagos State Governor and current Minister if Works and Housing, Raji Fashila, acknowledged the aspirants that stepped down for him and his contender, saying he is ready to face the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the general elections.

He pledged to sit with all aspirants and leaders of the party to tap from their wealth of knowledge and experience in a bid to win Lagos state for PDP.

Adediran, who applauded all the delegates for their trust in giving him the party’s ticket, promised to bring governance to the grassroots.

Also, Vaughan, who accepted defeat, said he vied for the ticket with a well mapped out strategy to transform Lagos state.

He promised to support and back Adediran’s ambition.

It was earlier reported that four contestants including Otunba Olanrewaju Jim-Kamal, Mr Adedeji Doherty, Mr Ade Dosunmu and Mr Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour stepped down from the race.

It was gathered that  may be supported to win the election by the former Governor, Babatunde Fashola.

He is believed to have extensive contacts within the APC, a party he belonged to until he defected last year.