Desmond Elliot gets APC ticket
Nollywood
actor, director and producer, Desmond Elliot emerged victorious at the APC
primaries which held in Lagos last Tuesday, December 2nd and he has
continued to receive goodwill messages from fans, colleagues and fellow
celebrities. The actor, who is now a proud holder of the APC ticket heading
into the general election in 2015, hopes to represent the Surulere Constituency
at the Lagos State House of Assembly. Celebrities like Nollywood diva, Kate
Henshaw; Adunni Ade and veteran musician, Weird MC have all sent out
congratulatory messages to the actor cum politician.
The thespian
also was full of full of gratitude at the moment his victory was announced.
However,
another entertainer, gospel musician and aspiring politician, Kenny Saint Best
lost out in her bid to represent the Ikeja 01 Constituency to Folajimi Lai-Mohammed,
son of APC chieftain and National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed. Likewise,
Damola Kasumu, grandson of the late Iyaloja General, Abibat Mogaji, emerged the
preferred candidate for the Ikeja 02 Constituency.
Earlier in
the year, KSB joined a host of other entertainers heading into the political
arena when she declared her intention to represent Ikeja 01 Constituency in the
Lagos State House of Assembly come 2015 and it is unclear what she will do
next. Folajimi Lai Mohammed is presently the managing director of Knightsbridge
Dredging Limited and he holds a LL.B Honours degree bagged at the University of
Kent, Canterbury, UK; LL.M at Fordham Law School, New York City, US and B.L.
with Honours at Council of Legal Education and Nigerian Law School in Nigeria.
