'I regret campaigning for APC' - Ronke Oshodi laments

Nigerian actress, Ronke Oshodi Oke, has stated that she regretted campaigning for the All Progressives Congress (APC), after she saw how the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, handled the EndSARS protest.

Remember that in October 2020, the youths protested against the now-disbanded special anti-robbery squad (SARS), a unit of the Nigeria Police Force.

The protesters asked for an end to police brutality.

In an interview with Chude Jideonwo, Ronke stated that she was heavily disappointed in the actions of Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the Lagos state governor, during the protest.

She said: “I love APC. I’m a fan of APC, body and soul. I felt APC is going to take Nigeria to the next level.

“So even while we were campaigning for them, I didn’t collect much. I wasn’t looking at the money, I was looking at what is going to happen later.

“All what they have been doing, I was thinking eight years cannot fix Nigeria. We all know that. But when the EndSARS protest came up, I was so down.

“I was really really down because our governor was saying three different things at the same time. They said they didn’t kill anybody.

“But if one person died, fifty people have died with that one person. The people that person is feeding, are their parents, and siblings.

“Before they get themselves and get back on their feet might take five years. It is a thing of the mind. Secondly, there were so many injuries.

“I saw some guys that could not use their legs, some people had bullets in their bodies. So many injuries. I will not say I was mad but I was really down. I regretted working for them for that reason alone.”