Veteran Nollywood Yoruba actor, Dele Odule has revealed to everyone that cares to listen that he is ready to dump his career that gave him so much fame for politics.
He said; “I have the freedom to join any political party that I like. But, ordinarily, as an entertainer, I do believe that we actually don’t need to align ourselves with any political party.”
“But let me tell you why I have decided to pitch my tents with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Wherever your treasure is, you have to guard it jealously.”
“As an entertainer, I remember that when Adebutu was at the lower house of the National Assembly, he tried for the entertainment industry because he actually sponsored a bill that would have affected the entertainment industry positively.”
“If he had remained there, I’m very sure that the bill would have been passed because it has gotten to the second reading. I was at the National Assembly myself when I was the President of TAMPPAN.”
“Anybody that is ready to support entertainment in Nigeria, definitely that person will be my favourite. That’s the bitter truth.”
“Secondly, I don’t like where people are being cheated unnecessarily. I am very sure that you have come across this thing that is going on between Ago Iwoye and Oru. It is not because I’m from Oru in Ijebu but I would have expected the government of Ogun State to wade in by now.”
“I don’t believe in communal war or clash but if someone is infringing on another person’s territory and for many years and the Oru people went for a press conference to say the government should wade into this matter because Ago Iwoye is actually infringing and encroaching on the land of Oru Ijebu, the state government should have intervened by now.”
“It’s over two weeks now and yet nothing is coming out. So I want to believe that any party that actually romances me that if I’m part of them they will make me have a voice and make an impact, I will go, regardless of the name of that party.”
“I don’t care about any party this time around, I just want to make my impact felt. If I get there and they didn’t meet up to my expectations, then I will quit, nothing stops me from quitting; quote me!”
“I’m a very practical person. If I get there and the needful is not done, I will leave. They have given me a platform to come in first, no other party have done that in the past.”
“I’ve never been a politician, I was not ready to be a politician but these people said if I’m part of them, they will give me every opportunity to voice my mind and I said okay.”
“If I get there and my voice is not respected and I know I’m actually saying the truth, then I will quit.”
“You know I’ve said earlier that an entertainer should not align himself or herself with any political party, then I’m ready to quit acting. I am ready to quit acting for this mission.
“I will fight for the entertainment industry and for justice till I die. My mission is to save my people, give them a voice and to prevent Ago Iwoye from infringing on Oru land.”
“I would have done that for any land, even if it is Yewa. If it Ilaro encroaching on Iwoye, if it Would encroaching on Oja Odan, I would have said and done the same thing. It’s not because Oru is my town.”
“Let me just tell you frankly, I know the problem of Nigeria is not about leadership alone, the followers also have their own take and that’s the bitter truth. We have bad leadership no doubt about that, but we also have bad followership.”
“I don’t want to assess any government because I’m not part of the government. If I am an insider I will know what is happening inside and I will come out and be practical and I will say the truth.”
Odule made this revelation in an interview with DAILY POST.