Six Nigerian celebrities contesting in the 2023 elections

One of Nigeria’s most talked about elections in its history since returning to democracy in 1999 will soon come up in 2023 and the political space has witnessed some stars who joined the race to win different elective positions.

A few weeks later, the mother of two announced she is taking a break from the movie industry and would be running as Deputy Governorship candidate alongside the People’s Democratic Party’s governorship candidate, Olajide Adediran, popularly called Jandor in the 2023 Lagos state election.

He contested and won the Surulere Constituency twice and still running for the same position in the 2023 election.

Carolyn Hutchings: Just like Funke Akindele, Carolyn is newbie in politics and she is running as the deputy governorship candidate of the African Action Congres (AAC) in Akwa Ibom State.

Tonto is running as the deputy governorship candidate for the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Rivers State alongside the governorship candidate, Tonye Ibraye.

Femi Branch: In July 2022, Femi Branch joined his colleagues, Tonto Dikeh and Funke Akindele to emerge as a running mate to a governorship candidate.

He was named as Deputy governorship candidate to Ogun State gubernatorial candidate, Tofunmi Ogunronbi of the National Rescue Movement (NRM).