KEHINDE FAJOBI
The deputy governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, actress Funke Akindele has boasted that having 20 million fans on social media to vote for her.
The actress-turned-politician made the remark in response to the All Progressives Congress statement that she had nothing to offer as the PDP deputy governorship candidate and that she would lose in the forthcoming election.
In an interview on Channels Television political programme “Politics Today” on Thursday, Akindele was asked how she plans to defeat the ruling party in Lagos, she said: “I have the numbers, I have fans and followers and I’m true to myself.
“I have more than 20m fans on social media and also at the grassroots level. I have fans at the grassroots level outside Ikorodu ready to support me and I’m true to myself. What I’m coming in is to change the lives of Lagosians.
“I’m here to provide solutions in Lagos. I’m in the system, I’m in the pain, we all know where the shoe pinches us.”