I Regretted Campaigning for APC – Actress Ronke Oshodi Oke

Popular Nollywood actress, Ronke Oshodi Oke, has declared that she regretted campaigning for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) after what she saw during the EndSARS protest.

Epiczone.ng recalls that in October 2020, Nigerian youths protested against the now-disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a unit of the Nigeria Police Force.

The protesters demanded an end to police brutality in the country as they also used the opportunity to demand better governance from the political class.

In a recent interview with Chude Jideonwo, the actress described herself as a lover of APC.

Ronke admitted that she campaigned for APC in the build-up to the 2015 general elections but was disappointed in the actions of the Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, during the protest.

The 48-year-old filmmaker said the “governor was saying three different things” and claiming nobody died.

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

“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 that 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.

Ronke having expressed her displeasure at the APC government’s acts during and after the EndSARS concluded that she regretted working with them for that sole reason.