Nollywood actor Olumide Oworu recently announced his intention to run for Surulere Constituency 1 in the House of Assembly on the Labour Party (LP) platform. However, during the March 18, 2023 election, Bode Adedayo was listed as the LP candidate.
Olumide has now clarified the situation via a statement on his social media page. He stated that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) failed to “comply with the existing judgment of the Federal High Court delivered on the 2nd of February 2023 in Suit No: FHC/ABJ/CS/2115/2022 wherein INEC was ordered to open her website to allow the labour party to submit the list of her candidates or accept the same manually immediately.”
Olumide stressed that his candidacy was not motivated by personal gain, but by a desire for change in Lagos State. He urged people to keep working toward a more just and equitable society and to hold their leaders accountable.
Read his statement below:
