The popular Nollywood actress and producer of ‘Jenifa’s Diary’, Funke Akindele, has been chosen as the running mate to the Lagos State opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate.
She emerged the Deputy Governorship candidate, beating five other nominees for the position.
Sources close to the party’s Governorship Candidate in the state, Dr Abdul Azeez Olajide Adediran popularly known as Jandor, and the leadership of the party in the state, confirmed the development, Daily Trust reports.
This comes amid the actress’s divorce saga after her husband, a music producer, Abdulrasheed Bello, popularly known as JJC Skillz, recently announced on his Instagram page that their marriage had hit the rocks.
It was gathered that she would be unveiled soon, adding that “it has not been announced officially.”
The newspaper had reported that Akindele was shortlisted among the former governorship aspirant, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour; former Senatorial candidate for Lagos East, Yeye Shobajo, another governorship aspirant, David Kolawole Vaughan and Engr. Teslim Balogun.
However, photos of the governorship candidate and Akindele have since gone viral, which had given people the impression that the actress had been chosen for the position.
It was however gathered that some stakeholders of the party seriously resisted Akindele’s emergence which led to the delay in finalising the selection of the running mate in the state.
