Lagos Lawmaker Desmond Elliott Says Party Interest Comes Before Personal Ambition

Lagos lawmaker and Nollywood actor, Desmond Elliot has said he will remain loyal to the All Progressives Congress (APC) even if asked to step aside for another candidate.

He was alleged to have revealed this in an interview on TVC where he spoke about calls from some people urging him to leave his current party and join another.

Many people have approached him to defect, he said, but he dismissed the idea, saying he was brought into politics through his party’s support and feels committed to it.

He added that if the party ultimately decides he should step aside and support another candidate, he would go along with the decision and support whoever is chosen.

“I remain loyal to the party that gave me the platform to serve,” Elliott said.

He said: “So Many People called and said, ‘Hey, go to another party. I said, ‘Another party? How? Daddy took me from nowhere. “If the party says, ‘Desmond, you have done well, go and sit down,’ I will sit down and support whoever the party picks.”

In other news, Elliot has apologised to the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, for any offences that may have resulted from his political engagements.

He said on TVC’s Your View on Friday that any misunderstanding between them was not intentional and he was offering the apology.

The apology comes on the heels of earlier tensions related to the Lagos State House of Assembly leadership crisis.