Adediran Azeez Olajide
Adediran Azeez Olajide is a Nigerian politician from Mushin. They have contested 1 election (1 loss) across 1 party. Most recent: 2023 Gubernatorial Elections as Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate.
Biography
Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, is a Nigerian politician, journalist, entrepreneur, and technocrat.
He is the chairman of Datanet Project Services Ltd, The Flora Consult, Core Media Group and Halomax International Nigeria Ltd and founder, Lagosforlagos movement Lagos State.
In the 2023 general election, he was the Lagos state gubernatorial candidate under the People's Democratic Party (PDP) with his running mate, Funke Akindele.
He received the 2021 Honorary Doctorate in Leadership and Governance by South American University.
Jandor was born to Alhaji Adediran and Ruth Oluwafunmilayo Adeniran on 25 November 1977 in Mushin Area of Lagos State.
Jandor is a graduate of The Polytechnic Ibadan, Modul University, Vienna, the Howard University School of Business (Washington DC, USA), and Oxford University (Oxford, United Kingdom).
He started his journalism career for over twenty years before transitioning into politics as a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
He was the convener of the Lagos4Lagos movement under APC, later defecting to the PDP and is now their gubernatorial candidate for the 2023 Lagos gubernatorial election.
He is married to Olubukola Funmilayo Olajide-Adediran, and has two children: Fareedah Oluwamayokun Amoke and Fadhilulah Oluwamurewa Adedayo Akanniade Olajide-Adediran.