Actor Desmond Elliot won the Lagos State House of Assembly election and would proceed to the State Assembly where he’ll be representing Surulere Constituency 1.
He took to his Facebook wall to express his gratitude to everyone for believing in him and voting for him, saying “Today marks a new phase in my life as I have officially launched my journey into the Nigerian Politics, firstly I would love to thank the people of Surulere for truly believing in me and my dreams to bringing out new energy and new enthusiasm to our place, today I reaffirm all my promises to you, we have attained victory together and together we shall also attain The Change We Desire. I also want to extend my profound gratitude to everyone who has supported me in this cause, my friends, fans and well wishers. May God bless you all!”
So far, he is the only entertainer who made it to the final race of the election in Nigeria, others either failed in primaries or lost the main election.
He won by polling 23,141 votes against Mr Bayo Smith, of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) who came second with 12,546 votes.
