Lagos People’s Democratic Party’s vice-governor candidate, Funke Akindele, ran despite losing the March 18 election Said he doesn’t regret it.
Akindale and her Chancellor, Abdul Aziz Adedilan (aka Jandor), were defeated by the incumbent governor and All Progressive Party congressional candidate Babaji Desanwo her Ol.
The actress wrote on her Instagram page on Monday:
“It has been an amazing and insightful experience on my journey to the ballot, and I must say, it was an absolute learning curve for me. A lot of things have been learned and unlearned. I sincerely do not regret taking this huge step of running for office.
“I, therefore, 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.
“I also want to encourage all who mean well for the Nation and the state of Lagos not to give up. I understand that some of us are beginning to develop some sort of apathy toward the system, however, if we do not speak, we will never be heard. I’m glad that we could at least speak up.”
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