Six celebrities who lost 2023 polls

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11009431899?profile=RESIZE_710xThe drive for increased youth participation in governance catalysed change in Nigeria’s political culture in the 2023 elections, with several celebrities contesting for various elective positions in the hopes of changing the country’s direction.

However, not many of them fared well at the polls based on results declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Here are celebrities who failed to secure electoral victories:

* Funke Akindele

Arguably the biggest Nollywood name that contested for a political position at the last election was Funke Akindele. She was the deputy governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party in the Lagos state gubernatorial elections. However, she lost to the incumbent governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Akindele with Adediran AbdulAzeez (Jandor) the PDP governorship candidate polled a total number of 62,449 votes, to come a distant third in the election.

*Banky W

Ace entertainer, Bankole Wellington of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is another celebrity who ran for office in the 2023 elections. The Nigerian singer and politician has lost elections twice in a row.

In 2019, he contested for the House of Representatives seat in the Eti-Osa Constituency in Lagos State under the platform of the Modern Democratic Party. He was defeated in the election by Musiliu Obanikoro, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). This year, he again ran for the same position on the platform of PDP, but lost to Thadeus Attah of the Labour Party.

Attah polled a total vote of 24,075 to beat Banky W, who scored 18,666 votes.

Reacting to his election loss, The politician said he had made plans to celebrate his “highly anticipated win” but the loss will, however, not stop him from praising God.

*Olumide Oworu

Young and talented Nollywood actor Olumide Oworu is one of the fresh faces in the Nigerian political space. He declared his interest in contesting for a political position weeks before the presidential election.

Famous for his role in the television series “The Johnsons”, he contested for a seat in the House of Representatives to represent the Surulere I constituency in Lagos State on the Labour Party (LP) platform, but lost to the incumbent, Desmond Elliott of the All Progressive Congress (APC), who is also another celebrity.

However, it was later revealed that Olumide was not on the ballot.

*Caroline Danjuma

Umo Eno of the People’s Democratic Party defeated the actress and reality star in the Akwa Ibom governorship election, where she contested for the position of Deputy Governor with Iboro Otu.

The thespian contested on the African Action Congress (AAC) platform, coming a distant sixth.

Umo polled a total vote of 354, 348 to defeat Professor Emmanuel Adigio of the Young Progressive Party, who scored 136,262 votes, while the All Progressive Congress came third with 129,602 votes.

*Tuoyo Ideh

The reality TV star contested for the House of Representatives, the Warri Federal constituency in the 2023 elections and lost. He contested on the The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) platform.

Tuoyo, appeared on the popular African reality show, Big Brother Naija’s season 4 tag ‘Pepper Dem’ in 2019.

*Femi Branch

Incumbent governor, Dapo Abiodun of the All Progressive Congress defeated the veteran actor in the Ogun State governorship election, where he contested for the position of Deputy Governor with Tofunmi Ogunrobi.

The movie star contested on the National Rescue Movement (NRM) platform, but came a distant 12th in the Ogun state gubernatorial elections.

Femi began his acting career at Obafemi Awolowo University in 1991. His first appearance on television was in 2003 in an MTN Group television commercial titled “Dance With Me”. He has since starred in over 100 Nigerian movies.


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