Actor Olumide Oworu Renews Political Ambition

Olumide Oworu, a Nollywood actor, has declared his intention to run for the Surulere I Federal Constituency seat in the general elections of 2027 and is now attempting to enter the National Assembly once more.

The actor has chosen the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) as his new political platform after failing to advance to the final ballot in his 2023 attempt to join the Lagos State House of Assembly.

In an Instagram post on Tuesday, Oworu made his decision and recalled his four-year campaign for the Surulere Constituency I seat with his supporters.

In 2023, he ran under the Labor Party against Desmond Elliot, the sitting lawmaker, but his name did not appear on the final ballot.

“In 2023, we dared to believe that things could be different. We stepped out, we organised and we proved that the youth of Surulere Constituency 1 are ready for governance driven by conscience,” he wrote.

“Despite the administrative hurdles that left our names off the final ballot, your resilience showed me that our vision was never a passing phase. Instead, it was the beginning of something much more significant.

Declaring his intention to run under the APM, he said, “That is why I am incredibly proud to declare my candidacy for the House of Representatives (Surulere 1 Federal Constituency) in the 2027 elections under the banner of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM).”

“We cannot afford to sit on the sidelines while our future is decided by a political class that won’t have to live with the consequences of today’s choices.

We wish Olumide Oworu the very best as he pursues his political ambitions and takes on this new chapter in public service