May 21, 2026
Actor-turned politician Desmond Elliot has rejected the outcome of the All Progressives Congress primary election for Surulere Constituency I, insisting that he would challenge the exercise through the party’s appeal process.
Elliot lost the APC ticket for another term in the Lagos State House of Assembly after Barakat Odunuga-Bakare defeated him in Wednesday’s primary election.
Odunuga-Bakare, who is believed to have the backing of the Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, Femi Gbajabiamila, secured 11,385 votes to emerge victorious, while Elliot polled 270 votes.
Speaking with journalists after the exercise, Elliot expressed dissatisfaction with the conduct of the primary, saying he would formally contest the process through the party’s internal mechanism.
