Adediran Azeez Olajide
Date of Birth: 1 January 1979
State of Origin: Lagos
Gender: Male
Qualifications: FSLC WASSC MBA
Elections Contested: 1
Bio
Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, is a Nigerian politician, journalist, entrepreneur, and technocrat. He is listed with a 1979-01-01 birth date, male gender, FSLC/WASSC/MBA qualifications, and Akindele Ayotunde Olufunke (Funke Akindele) as running mate. He has served as chairman of Datanet Project Services Ltd, The Flora Consult, Core Media Group, and Halomax International Nigeria Ltd, and founded the Lagosforlagos movement in Lagos State. He also received a 2021 Honorary Doctorate in Leadership and Governance from South American University.
A separate account in the same source states he was born on 25 November 1977 in Mushin, Lagos State, to Alhaji Adediran and Ruth Oluwafunmilayo Adeniran. It also states that he studied at The Polytechnic Ibadan, Modul University Vienna, the Howard University School of Business in Washington, DC, and Oxford University, and that he is married to Olubukola Funmilayo Olajide-Adediran with two children, Fareedah Oluwamayokun Amoke and Fadhilulah Oluwamurewa Adedayo Akanniade Olajide-Adediran.
Adediran spent over twenty years in journalism before entering politics through the APC, where he became convener of the Lagos4Lagos movement. He later defected to the PDP and contested the 2023 Lagos State governorship election as the People's Democratic Party candidate, losing the election.