Popular Nollywood actor, Osita Iheme, has revealed his interest to serve the people of Mbaitolu/Ikeduru Federal Constituency of Imo State as their Representative in the Federal House of Representatives in 2019.
The actor dropped the hint in Lagos over the weekend when he was spotted at the Eko Hotels & Suites, Lagos during a meeting between presidential hopeful, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, and Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, and Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus. He spoke exclusively to Uchechukwu Ugboaja.
However, it could not be confirmed whether the well travelled African actor was part of the exclusive political meeting held in Lagos, but when asked if he was considering dropping his acting profession that had brought him fame and fortune for politics, Iheme said that politics would not be for him a strange terrain.
“For now, I am still considering going into politics to serve. As you know I already understand what it means to represent my people because I have been an African movie ambassador for several years so politics would not be a strange terrain for me but I will make it official after due consultations”, he said.
The popular Nollywood star also known as “Paw Paw” would not be the first Nigerian actor or entertainer to throw in his hat into the political terrain as several others including Desmond Elliot, Dayo Adeleye aka D1, Kenny Saint Brown, amongst others, have ventured into politics.
Although the Ubomiri, Mbaitolu, Owerri born actor revealed that Nigerians should not be surprised if he is spotted often in Abuja ahead of 2019 general elections, he said that he knows that he has whatever it takes to get the support of his people when the time comes.
The 36 years-old actor is however yet to reveal what political platform he would be running on despite being spotted in a meeting dominated by PDP big wigs but he is certainly ‘Not too young to run’.
