Renowned Nigerian movie star, Funke Akindele has deleted all her Instagram posts relating to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) after the party lost drastically in the just-ended governorship election in Nigeria.

 A search on Monday March 20, by Ameyaw Debrah Media disclosed that the ‘Jenifar Diaries’ star only left promotional content for her films, as well as celebratory posts for notable social events on her IG page.

Funke and her counterpart Abdul-Azeez Adediran were vying for Lagos governor and deputy governor respectively on the ticket of PDP.

According to the sensational actress who doubles as a politician, it has been an amazing and insightful experience on her journey to the ballot and was an absolute learning curve for her.

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As explained by Funke, ‘‘a lot of things have been learned and unlearned” and she “sincerely does not regret taking this huge step of running for office.’’

In an Instagram post she noted that, ‘‘herefore want to thank the people of Lagos state for believing in me and supporting my decision to run for office. I saw every message of support online and offline, I heard of all the places where people supported me and challenged those who tried to discredit me. I remember every warm welcome during our campaign tour and the faith you all showed in me. The elections might not have panned out in the way we hoped, but it was an honourable run for us. We fought a good fight indeed as a matter of fact.’’

 

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The PDP and its candidate, Abdul-Azeez Adediran, also known as Jandor, finished a distant third in the elections after polling 62,449 votes.

The current governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu who was declared the winner of the elections polled 762,134 votes, more than double the number of his closest opponent, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour who got 312,329.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) returning officer, Adenike Oladiji, who announced the result said Mr Sanwo-Olu scored 25 per cent of the total number of votes and also the highest number of votes in the race.

The officer also said the governor cleared 19 out of the 20 local government areas of the state Mr Sanwo Olu, adding that polled the highest number of votes in Ikeja, Apapa, Badagry, Lagos Island, Epe, Agege, Ibeju-lekki, Kosofe Surulere and Somolu

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