One of the Nollywood actors cum director, Desmond Elliot who ventured into politics had on Tuesday, November 2, 2014 scaled through the All Progressive Congress (APC) ticket to contest for the Lagos House Of Representative.
By virtue of this feat, Elliot is qualified to represent the Surulere constituency of Lagos state in the 2015,general elections billed to hold on February 14, 2015.
It was learnt that his opponents stepped down for him at the primaries which took place in different venues.
Although there was a little unrest in the Surulere venue following claims that the Elliot, was favoured against the incumbent and two-term member of the House, Kabiru Lawal.
Furthermore, Elliot was being accused of being a candidate of former President Olusegun Obasanjo and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.
However, it was learnt that Lawal will be compensated by being conferred as the chairman of Surulere Local Government Area of the state.
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