Nigerian entertainers including Saidi Balogun, Zack Orji, Brymo, Gentle Jack, Emma Ehumadu and Benedict Johnson on Thursday paid a courtesy visit to APC presidential candidate Bola Tinubu.
Photos from the visit were posted on Tinubu’s official Instagram account on Friday, July 2022.
The group led by Ahmed Bala represented the Ambassadors of Voice of Change. Tinubu also hosted women from the party led by Betta Edu.
“Yesterday, I was delighted to welcome a delegation representing the Ambassadors of Voice of Change led by Mr. Ahmed Bala, the group’s President and, later, a national coalition of progressive women led by the party’s ebullient Women’s Leader, Dr. Betta Edu,” the post read.
The visit comes weeks after top Yoruba movie stars including Jide Kosoko, Adebayo Salami, also known as Oga Bello, Taiwo Hassan, better known as Ogogo, Faithia Williams, Yinka Quadri, Lanre Hassan, popularly known as Iya Awero, Eniola Ajao, Olaiya Igwe, Foluke Daramola, Femi Adebayo, Shola Kosoko and Murphy Afolabi publicly declared their support for Tinubu.
The show of support by the entertainers was made in a video uploaded on Instagram on Wednesday, June 29, by Quadri, Kosoko, Murphy and others.
In the video, Oga Bello who led the team as they campaigned for Tinubu in the Yoruba language, began by saying, “I want to use this time to congratulate our leader Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.”
Jide Kosoko joined him saying, “Nobody deserves to be the flag bearer of APC.”
“If not Akanbi omo olodo ide,” Yinka added.
Others like Faithia Williams, Eniola Ajao, Foluke Daramola, Shola Kosoko, Olusoji Taiwo, Madam Saje, Abbey Lanre, Yemi Ayebo, Funke Etti, Toyosi Adesanya and Murphy Afolabi also stated reasons why they believe Tinubu deserves the presidential seat.
