Why I won’t stop contesting elections till I win – Tonto Dikeh

The Rivers State deputy governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress in the 2023 election and famous Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh, said on Saturday she would not stop contesting the election until she realized her ambition.

She said her chances of governing the oil-rich state in the future were high and slim because politics is dirty.

Dikeh stated these in an interview with journalists in Abuja during the GOTNI national leadership conference, organized by its National Leadership Centre with the theme, ‘Leadership for sustainability.

“One of the things I learned (in contesting the election) is resilience and never giving up. After four years, I know they will forget about me, and ‘she is not going to come back.’ But I am going to come back. Every four years, I am going to come back. I will come back, and I will be in their faces. I will be coming back to the contest.

“My chances (of becoming governor) are high and slim because politics is dirty. It’s not going to be free and fair. (Nyesom) Wike’s candidate didn’t win free and fair. So I don’t expect politics to be free and fair, but I expect that, as someone said, having a lion’s heart requires taking the lion’s share.

“I won’t care what they think about my position, I will keep having the lion’s share, whether it is my personal life or politics, I am here to stay and they have no choice but to accept it.”

According to the CEO of GOTNI Leadership Centre Dr. Linus Okorie, persons occupying leadership positions in Nigeria do not have the prerequisite leadership training that is necessary for them to function effectively.