Nigeria, March 17 -- Abdulazeez 'Jandor' Adediran, the People's Democratic Party (PDP) Lagos State governorship candidate, has returned to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

He announced his return to the APC at a press conference in Ikeja, Lagos on Monday.

"We have decided to return to the All Progressives Congress (APC)," he said.

Popularly known as Jandor, he ran against the incumbent governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who was seeking reelection, and Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of the Labour Party (LP) and came third.

In 2021, Mr Adediran, the lead visioner of Lagos4Lagos, an anti-Tinubu group, dumped the APC to run as a gubernatorial candidate in the PDP.

He had vowed to end what he described as the 24-year monopoly of Bola Tinubu,...