Popular Nollywood actor, Emeka Ike has declared his intention to contest for a seat in the house of representatives in Imo state.
Ike who made the announcement on his social media account on Sunday also shared pictures from the campaign.
He will be contesting on the Young Progressive Party (YPP) platform for the Ideato South local government seat in Imo.
“Campaign up, YPP, youth and masses friendly party. Let’s go fellow masses, YPP is changing the grassroots narrative. Youths, it’s our time,” he wrote.
“Real leaders should step out to the centre stage. Let’s sample the stuff u are made of. Not merely sharing money with no content.”
TheNewsGuru recalls that Ike won the debut edition of the Celebrity Gulder Ultimate Search and lost the Actors Guild Association of Nigeria (AGN).
Entertainers like Bankole Wellington popularly known as Banky W, and Funke Adesiyan have indicated interest to run for political offices in 2019.
However, Adesiyan, who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to All Progressives Congress, did not get the ticket of her party.
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