Desmond Elliot can finally breathe a sigh of relief after being re-elected in his Surulere constituency to continue representing them in the Lagos State House of Assembly.
In a viral video, the actor turned politician was seen thanking and rejoicing with his supporters as they celebrated his victory.
Women and men in the gathering could be heard chanting in Yourba that ‘they voted and they won’.
Elliot was beaming as he walked around, high-fiving some of his friends. When his junior colleague, Olumide Oworu, declared his intention to represent the constituency under the Labour Party banner, the politician’s position was slightly jeopardized.
Up Desmond📌📌 now go and continue representing us. pic.twitter.com/6RrgByNXso
— Dami Marshal (@DamiMarshal) March 18, 2023
@dopsychic:
“Keep building plank bridges.”
@Trueloveolamip1:
“Congratulations to Desmond Elliot . God shame all the haters.”
@Nithsmit:
“INEC removed LP from the ballot. Same way they removed LP from the ballot for senatorial . They will be heading to court.”
@King19Akinwande:
“No be Desmond wey dey talk day he no popular be this? We always tell them that social media is not where the polling unit is and where you can see real voters.”
@TalktoTosin09:
“Desmond supporters, what is that ONE thing he did to worth being re-elected?. Be sincere.”
@Nsixemagination:
“But some youth here will still come online and rant you wan defeat someone that Femi put forward.”
@Tiutoye:
“Love it. If he didn’t do anything they won’t be celebrating, your Twitter opinions don’t matter.”