Actress Funke Akindele’s supporters and friends have been worried about her since she decided to enter politics, hoping nothing bad will happen to her because, as they say, politics is a nasty and brutal game. According to recent accounts, she and her campaign team were attacked on Tuesday while they were canvassing in Ikosi Fruit Market. Here is everything that happened and what you missed.
According to reports, on Tuesday, Nollywood actress Funke Akindele, who is running for deputy governor of Lagos State, visited the well-known Ikosi Fruit Market. While she was there, hoodlums broke into the market and chased her away.
Speaking to the media about the event, Funke Akindele’s running mate and PDP governor candidate Abdul-Azeez Adediran, also known as Jandor, stated that their campaign was definitely halted as a result of the incident. Jandor added that a security team member was stabbed and that other persons, including journalists, were hurt during a meeting with the top Imam of Ketu Central Mosque. He claims that Funke Akindele had already left the campaign trail at this point, but the crew was still making their rounds.
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A PDP representative in Lagos, Hakeem Amode, claims that the local government chairperson was the one who deployed the goons to obstruct their campaign. He said this:
HAKEEM AMODE (PDP): Usually when we go to the market, Funke Akindele goes to the market to speak with the market women, and we know it is our right to be able to talk freely, a campaign to anybody. The local government chairperson came into the market, used her car to block and brought a bunch of thugs to attack us in Kosofe local government, which is very, very sad; it is unbelievable we are not allowed to speak to people freely. Under the new electoral act, we are free to campaign anywhere; this is Lagos, where we should be able to talk to everybody without intimidation or discrimination. That should not even happen
Responding to the claims of being behind this, the opposing party APC through spokesperson Seye Oladejo denied involvement saying:
SEYE OLADEJO (APC): The PDP people are well known for their wild allegations; if people were attacked, I think it is what the security agencies would be interested in; I don’t think the solution is to take it to the media. As far as we are concerned, we are not in the business of violence; our party is going for victory, so why should we be distracted by people who cannot even put their house in order and want to come into government.
Taking to her social media on Tuesday, the day the attack happened, Funke Akindele posted saying:
FUNKE AKINDELE: It is best to work hard today for a better tomorrow. You have to keep pushing and moving no matter how tough the climb may seem. Persistence, determination and patience are the keys to getting to the top. There’s always light at the end of the tunnel. VOTE WISELY!
What do you think about all of this?