Nollywood actor turned politician, Hon. Rotimi Makinde, seems to be edgy at the moment, following re-contesting his position as lawmaker representing Ife, in the Federal House of Representatives in Saturday’s general elections. The reason – he believes he might lose the election.
Taking to his Facebook account, Makinde who is contesting the election under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said his perceived, but yet to be confirmed loss might be as a result of activities of elements he called “enemies of progress.”
“I have many reasons to admit that majority of the people in Ife love me but, alas, I contested against the same clever enemies of progress who prefer backwardness to steady progress, they are the same set of people who lived by the unjust war, worked against Rauf’s victory in 2007, 2014 and see me as someone who must be checkmated before 2018, being the face of the radical changers and for being born because of Ife and not living on Ife,” he said.
He further alleged that while people in Ife North and Ife South voted for him, votes from Ife East could be against him.
“Ife North voted for me tremendously and so also the good people of Ife South, but as I can see and I can guess that the votes to be chunked out from the core Ife East may not represent the general wishes of the people.” The thespian added that, “This is my immediate reaction as I await the final result…love you all.”
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