Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran, aka Jandor, the governorship candidate of the Lagos State Peoples Democratic Party, has introduced his wife, Mariam Adediran, to members of the PDP family.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, there has been some political propaganda about the family of the 45-year-old front-runner for the state’s top seat.
Adediran’s wife, who was based in America, had not been involved in her husband’s political activities since the 2023 election campaign began.
Mrs Mariam said during an interactive session with PDP women and leaders in Lagos State on Tuesday that those who supported her husband would not work in vain because the candidate was passionate about quality of life for all, including women and children.
Mariam, who was full of smiles and excited with the mammoth crowd that received her assured them that life would be better with the PDP at the helms of affairs in the state.
She berated politicians sponsoring campaigns of calumny on social media against her family and her husband because she was not with him.
According to her, she has been part of her husband’s political movement and has always supported him even from her abode in the United States.
“I have been part of this movement and we, my husband and I agreed that he would be in Nigeria to drive the movement while I would be in the US with the children.
“It is disheartening what people do in the name of politics on social media. I am not a social media person but I read everything they put up there,” she said.
Lauding women for supporting her husband’s vision for a better Lagos, Mariam said though a lot had been done, much more could still be done before the end of the campaign.
“I love you and even though the election is in a few days from today, we still have so much to do together and I know that God will grant our efforts with success.
“I do see everything that you all are doing. I see all of your movements and engagements as well as your efforts to help this movement. I sincerely say thank you to everyone.
“If anyone is telling you that you are working in vain, tell them you are not because you can see the movement growing and you have been focused.
“This movement is just starting, though you have done a whole lot, but I want to let you know that it is just starting,” she said
Mariam, who noted that she had been so passionate about women and children, urged the women to believe in themselves.
“I will make sure that all the women in this movement, not only here but also in Lagos, stand on their feet and believe in themselves.”
In his remarks, Jandor expressed confidence that without a godfather, he would win the election and make the wealth of the state work for all residents.
The candidate said he had God on his side and the people to defeat the ruling party.
The event, which took place at the PDP candidate’s campaign office in Ikeja, had in attendance the party’s deputy governorship candidate, Funke Akindele, and the PDP ex-Board of Trustees member, Mrs Aduke Maina.
Also, a former Lagos PDP Women Leader, Mrs Bisi Odunsi; Chairperson, Lagos4Lagos Movement, Chief Tanwa Olusi as well as the party’s women leaders across the 20 Local Government Areas and others attended the event.