Top Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh, has said she will not stop contesting in elections until she wins.
Tonto, who was the Rivers State deputy governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress in the 2023 election, however admitted that her chances of governing the oil-rich state in the future were both high and slim because politics is dirty.
Dikeh stated these in an interview with journalists in Abuja during the GOTNI national leadership conference, organised by its National Leadership Centre with the theme, ‘Leadership for sustainability.’
She said, “One of the things I learnt (in contesting the election) is resilience and never giving up. I know after four years, they will forget about me and that, ‘she is not going to come back.’ But I am going to come back. Every four years, I am going to come back. I will come back and I will be in their faces. I will be coming back to the contest.
“My chances (of becoming governor) are high and slim because politics is dirty. It’s not going to be free and fair. (Nyesom) Wike’s candidate didn’t win free and fair. So I don’t expect politics to be free and fair, but I expect that, as someone said, having a lion’s heart requires taking the lion’s share.
“I won’t care what they think about my position, I will keep having the lion’s share, whether it is my personal life or politics, I am here to stay and they have no choice but to accept it.”
According to her, leadership is something that Nigerian youths need, especially now when they are all striving for a better Nigeria and a better life.
