Headline : Nigerian Celebrities Who Contested And Lost Elections

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The much-anticipated 2023 elections have come and gone. While the winners are still celebrating their victory at the polls, the losers have either conceded defeat or assembled a team of lawyers to head for the election tribunal to retrieve their “stolen mandate”.

Some Nigerian celebrities have taken part in previous elections over the years, while some participated in the just concluded elections, while the likes of Desmond Elliot won, the story is not the same for some of the celebrities. LEADERSHIP Sunday takes a look at those who contested and lost in the just concluded February 25 and March 18, 2023, general elections.

Famous Nollywood star Funke Akindele, was nominated as the Lagos deputy governorship candidate under Peoples Democratic Party in the just concluded 2023 elections. In justifying her nomination, Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, noted that the actress will add more value to his candidacy in the 2023 general elections.

Funke Akindele and her Principal, Abdulazeez Adeniran (Jandor), of the Peoples Democratic Party, lost to the incumbent governor of Lagos state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, who polled a total of 762,134 to defeat first runner-up, Labour Party’s Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, who secured 312,329 while Abdulazeez Adeniran of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, got 62,449 votes.

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