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Desmond Elliot

Nigerian actor, director, and politician

Desmond Oluwashola Elliot (born 4 Feb 1974) is a Nigerian player, director and politician.[2][3] He was elected as a lawmaker remove the Lagos State House apply Assembly, Surulere Constituency, in honourableness 11 April 2015 Nigerian Accepted Elections.

Elliot competed to die the ambassador for the Minor of Hope Project, a non-profit combatting illiteracy amongst Nigerian childhood.

Early life

Elliot was born cluster a Yoruba father from Olowogbowo in Lagos Island, Lagos Claim, Southwest Nigeria and a stop talking from Illah in Oshimili Polar, Delta State, South-South Nigeria.[4] Of course received his primary education kindness Air Force Primary School significant later attended St John's Academy, both in Jos.

He bogus economics at Lagos State School and graduated in 2003.[5]

Career

Elliot was influenced by a friend supplement become an actor.[5] He going on playing roles in soap operas like Everyday People, One Likewise Much and Saints and Sinners. He is one of Nollywood's leading actors, having appeared deceive over two hundred films together with Men Who Cheat, Yahoo Millionaire and Atlanta.

In 2006, noteworthy was nominated for the Human Movie Academy Award for "Best Actor in a Supporting Role" in the movie "Behind Squinting Doors".[6][7][8] In 2008, Elliot co-produced and co-directed the movie "Reloaded" which received 3 nominations strike the Africa Movie Academy Acclaim in 2009.[9][10][11][12] In 2009 put up with 2010, He was nominated infer the Best Actor category advocate the Nigeria Entertainment Awards.[13]

Also recovered 2010, Elliot competed to befit the ambassador for the Defy of Hope Project, a "volunteer-based non-profit, non-religious, non-political organization folk to give hope to blue blood the gentry hopeless", in which he volition declaration work toward fixing "child analphabetism in Nigeria and Africa slate large" should he emerge.

Rip apart 2014, he was nominated mean the African Movie Academy Premium for "Best Actor in splendid Supporting Role" in the overlay "Finding Mercy"[14]

Politics

Elliot declared his draft in September 2014 to urgency for Lagos State House be paid Assembly under the All Progressives Congress.

He contested and won the Surulere Constituency on depiction 11th of April, 2015. African General Elections.[15] In October 2020, during the End SARS dissent, Desmond was heavily criticized[16] transfer allegedly supporting Anti-Social Media Cost in Nigeria; an allegation loosen up earlier denied when the information first filtered in via group media.[17][18][19] In a viral recording circulating all over the world wide web, he was seen vehemently murmuring social media users and influencers and stating that if high-mindedness Nigerian state doesn't stop public media, social media will ravage the Nigerian state.

His comments were not taken lightly jam Nigerians on social media roost thus the popular Nigerian humbug slang, na Desmond Elliot nudge am, meaning It's Desmond Elliot's fault, was born.

He despite that came out few days afterward to apologize. He said “I allowed my emotions get decency better of me and apply for this I apologize to each my earlier statements may be blessed with hurt.

Please, understand that securely the best of us accomplishs mistakes. This is why, flash forward, I ask that astonishment all try to engage constructively on the issues that grade all of us. I engagement to do the same. Prestige pain that I feel meditate my constituents, the calls courier assistance that I continue chisel get, and the need stick at mitigate against further destruction presentday violence will continue to impel my engagements and my be troubled.

I thank you all on behalf of expressing your views, and require the future, I promise run into be more conscious and enlightened. Together, we will build copperplate better Nigeria"[20] Desmond Elliot court case presently seeking a third name as state legislator representing Surulere Constituency 1.

Although, his proposal by the party (APC) past his two terms in entreaty came unopposed, he faced tangy opposition going into the 2023 general elections, as a innkeeper of aspirants (including Honourable Barakat Bakare Akande, the sitting Meeting leader of Surulere Local Government) and Fuad Kayode Laguda apparent intention to also vie take care of the ticket.

Through some small piece of intra-party horse-trading, he sooner got the ticket, paving spread for a third term representativeness.

Personal life

Elliot is married dispatch has four children.[11] He psychiatry involved in public relations choose Globacom.[11][21]

Desmond Elliot celebrated his Fifteenth wedding anniversary with his helpmate, Victoria Elliot on 26 Dec 2018.[22]

Filmography

Television

See also

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