In a suprising turn of events, Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh, has decided to test the waters of politics as she got to emerge as the deputy governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) political party in the forthcoming 2023 general elections in Rivers State.
Tonto Dikeh had made the announcement in a post on her Instagram page.
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She thanked the governorship candidate of the ADC, Tonte Ibraye, for picking her and added that she will be making sure that she invests massively in social protection, while creating a social value system for young people, and increase women’s inclusion in government, among others.
She wrote, ”I thank Mr. Tonte Ibraye(@tonteibraye), the Governorship Candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) Rivers State for nominating me as his running mate.
”We are looking forward to investing massively in social protection, creating a social value system for young people, increasing women’s inclusion in our governance system, supporting small businesses and strengthening our traditional institutions to be active players in the drive to bring sustainable development to the good people of Rivers State.
”I am glad to be a proud member of the #RiversRescueMission2023. Please get your PVC and join the movement. You are the Future and The future is now.#Tontetonto2023.”
In another report, Mr. Dumebi Kachikwu who is the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has denied allegations of tax fraud in the United States describing them as fake and malicious.
In a statement which he personally signed on Wednesday titled, ‘Allegations of tax evasion, fraud against me untrue, politically motivated’ Kachikwu denied the allegations.
The presidential candidate went on to posit that the allegations were propagated by his political opponents who were unhappy with his recent victory at the ADC Presidential primary a few weeks ago.
The Roots TV boss, therefore, urged his teeming supporters to pay no heed to the online reports that the US government had indicted him for tax evasion running into millions of dollars.
The statement which was obtained by Africa Daily News, New York read in part, ‘A few days ago, my campaign team received information that one of the aspirants who lost out in the just concluded ADC presidential primaries was planning a series of smear campaigns against me.’
‘I was therefore not surprised when I saw this story. Contrary to the information being peddled, I was assessed an additional $9m several years ago by the US Inland Revenue Service.
‘This amount was reduced to $2m and when the IRS sued to collect the amount, my lawyers didn’t contest it and instead waited for a default judgement in order to go to the next stage which is making an offer in compromise to reduce the amount to be paid. This is a standard legal practice in tax matters.’