Lots of movie stars have ignored Funke Akindele’s political ambition ever since she emerged as the running mate to Jandor, the Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos state.
A thorough check by iBrandTV shows that none of Akindele’s colleague, even her bossom friend, Eniola Badmus posted her political ambition on their social media pages or even campaigned for her.
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Leaving Funke Akindele to stand alone in her campaigns without any help from the entertainment industry as majority of them chose to pitch their tents with the ruling party in Lagos State All Progressives Congress (APC).
However, City People was able to uncover why Akindele was abandoned by her colleagues.
According to the discovery, Akindele is from the Yoruba genre of the industry but she rarely features in Yoruba movies. She concentrates only on her personal projects and English genre movies.
Also, the competition among the movie stars would not allow them to support one another’s political ambitions.
“Everybody wants to be on top, so supporting just one person to get to the top is too much of a risk for them. Besides, most of them depend on politicians for survival. To now go against politicians is too much a risk for the stars.”
Observers noted that Akindele has always been a lone minder, who doesn’t keep friends in the industry. Whatever relationship she has with anyone in the industry is purely professional.
Also, A reliable source further disclosed that the Yoruba movie industry can not support Funke, because of MC Oluomo’s influence in the industry.
“MC Oluomo is like a godfather to many in the Yoruba movie industry. He has been of great help to about 85 percent of stars in the industry. They often run to Oluomo in times of trouble, and he has never turned them down.
He supports them financially for their movie launch and other ceremonies, so they can’t go against him just to support Funke Akindele.” the source spilled.
