Nollywood actor, Femi Branch has been named the running mate to Ogun state gubernatorial candidate, Tofunmi Ogunronbi of the National Rescue Movement (NRM) in Ogun state, ahead of the 2023 general election.
Femi Branch has now joined his colleagues, Tonto Dikeh and Funke Akindele to emerge as a running mate to a gubernatorial candidate.
The thespian announced that he was picked as Ogunrobi’s deputy in a statement shared via his Instagram page on Saturday, July 16.
According to the statement, Ogunronbi, better known as DTO, unveiled Branch as his running mate on Friday.
The NRM gubernatorial candidate said he picked the Ogun-born actor because he believes he would add more value to his candidacy.
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Buttressing his point, Ogunronbi said Femi Branch has been vocal against bad governance and social injustice.
He added that Branch has a “clear understanding of the task ahead and the need to work with a co-visionary with a shared passion for the emancipation of the good people of the state.”
The gubernatorial candidate said if elected, he and the actor would deliver the state from “decades of stagnation and bad governance, help her achieve her true potential.”
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He enjoined residents to support his team’s vision to transform Ogun into “the best state in Nigeria and indeed better than some West African countries.
“If elected, I set to produce a new trajectory for a visible measurable, enviable and rewardable welfare strategy with solid security strategy that will make every indigene and indeed every inhabitants of Ogun to be safe and secured and make this transgenerational,” he added.
Read Femi Branch’s statements below.
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