Nollywood actresses Joke Silva and Foluke Daramola on Monday joined the APC ladies’s rally in help of the celebration’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu.
The feminine Disc Jockey, DJ Kult, was additionally noticed on the gathering.
The march comes on the heels of Ms Silva’s inclusion as a member of the ladies’s wing of Mr Tinubu’s presidential marketing campaign council.
Ms Silva is to move the Artistic and Leisure Business committee of the council.
Different committee members embody Toyin Adegbola, Esther Wright, Rose Odika and Hadiza Kabara, amongst others.
Different actresses co-opted into the council are Mercy Johnson and Rahama Sadau.
Whereas Ms Johnson is but to say something regarding the checklist, Ms Sadau distanced herself from the appointment.
Ms Daramola, then again, is an energetic member of the APC.
The workplace of the Ladies Chief, Lagos APC, led by Jumoke Okoya-Thomas, organised the rally tagged: “Lagos Ladies Help Stroll for Tinubu/Shettima, Sanwo-Olu, Hamzat”.
The actresses joined different APC feminine members as they marched at Lagos Island, CMS and adjoining areas singing and pledging allegiance to the candidature of Tinubu/Shettima.
The same stroll was held in Onigbongbo, Maryland.
The stroll terminated at Mobolaji Johnson Enviornment, previously Onikan Stadium, Onikan.
The First Woman, Aisha Buhari was named the grand patron of the council, generally known as the ‘Tinubu/Shettima Ladies Presidential Marketing campaign Crew’.
Different council members embody Abike Dabiri and Rinu Abiola, daughter of the late Chief MKO Abiola.
Additionally enjoying a significant position within the council are the wives of the presidential and vice presidential candidates of the celebration, Oluremi Tinubu and Nana Shettima, former First Woman of Borno State.
They’ll function Chairman and Co-Chairman of the ladies’s marketing campaign group, respectively.
Marketing campaign begins
On Wednesday, the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC) gave the political events the go-ahead to marketing campaign for the 2023 basic elections.
On her web page on Instagram, Ms Silva wrote that it was time to satisfy up together with her fellow Holy Youngster School Previous Women alums, Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, the spouse of the Lagos State governor.
She posted a video of herself, the Lagos State First Woman and others dancing and waving brooms, the celebration’s image.
Historical past
It isn’t the primary time the APC will checklist entertainers as a part of its marketing campaign council.
Earlier, a number of entertainers, together with Jide Kosoko, Zack Orji, Ogogo, and others, have been drafted into the APC presidential marketing campaign council
They have been nominated below the Performing and Artistic Artwork Directorate with Mr Orji as director.
Jide Kosoko is the secretary of the directorate, and Saheed Balogun is the assistant spokesperson of the Directorate.
Others on the checklist are Mild Jack, Benedict Johnson, Foluke Daramola, Remi Oshodi, Nuhu Abdulahi, Eberechuckwu Eberechi, Hafsat Saheed, Isa Rabiu, Taiwo Hassan, and others.
In July, a bunch of entertainers, below the aegis of the Ambassadors for Change group, paid Mr Tinubu a courtesy go to.
Saidi Balogun, Zack Orji, Brymo, Mild Jack, Emma Ehumadu and Benedict Johnson have been current on the assembly.
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