Emeka Ike is running for House of Reps Office in Imo State

More and more celebrities are getting directly involved in politics. Veteran Nollywood actor Emeka Ike is the most recent.

Emeka has revealed that he’s running for a seat in the Federal House of Representatives.

The actor is running to represent the Okigwe South Federal Constituency, and is running under the Young Progressive Party (YPP), PM News reports.

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YPP is changing the grassroot narative… youths… it's our time let's go

A post shared by Emeka Ike (@emekaikeofficial) on Nov 24, 2018 at 11:41am PST

He wrote on his Instagram: “YPP… the people friendly party… New blood… fresh breath… less clumsy…”

The 51-year-old is in full campaign mode, taking interviews and speaking to people in the constituency.

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Real leaders should step out to the centre stage… let's sample the stuff u are made of. Not marely sharing money with no content .

A post shared by Emeka Ike (@emekaikeofficial) on Nov 24, 2018 at 11:56am PST