Desmond Elliot discloses he's Igbo, speaks language during campaign

Desmond Elliot has been challenged to put in a lot of effort if he intends to keep serving as the representative of Surulere in the Lagos state House of Assembly.

The actor-turned-politician carried his campaign train to a Catholic church and tried to win them over in a video that has gone viral on Instagram.

Desmond Elliot made it known that he is also Igbo when speaking at the church, and to emphasize his point, he briefly addressed the crowd in Igbo.

The video received diverse reactions from social media users.

Read some below:

splendstar: "Nawa oo, I wont be surprised if I wake tomorrow morning and see that Sanwo Olu has added Mazi to his name."

___luchijessy___: "This politicians doing the most this period"

iam_olamma1: "After now they will say we are dragging their state with them now they’re dragging our tribe"

officialperpetua7: "The igbo y'all hate are the same people you want their vote"

felixxabang_: "There must be something this guys are not telling us,what is it that they really want to be in that possition by any means?if you genuinely want to just work for the people you can’t be wanting to be there by all means possible"

businessesinportharcourthq: "All of a sudden everyone wants to be Igbo or identify as Igbo! Odinmma!"

Watch him speak in the video below:

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