PDP Does Not Trust Me—Yoruba Actor, Rilwan Alesh

Yoruba movie actor, Rilwan Alesh Onilegbale, recently turned 45 on Thursday, June 4, 2015 and friends and family members held a surprise birthday party for the elated actor cum politician.

The Odunfa caucus member, who contested for a seat at the Lagos State House of Assembly under the Peoples Democratic Party but lost at the primaries, recently spoke to newsmen at an event in Ikeja, that he is not bothered that he did not win during the primaries.

He explained that what the party were actually scared of was that if he wins, he might likely defect to another party which to him was a wrong perception.

Alesh as he is fondly called noted that joining the PDP was for a good and purposeful reason and is not planning to leave the party but can only leave if there is need for it to happen.

According to him, “Well, as we all know politics, it's a game and I was kind of mis-concepted thinking that I was going to take their mandate and defect to another party. I think that was the major factor that really worked against me. They felt if I am being given the mandate, I'm going to defect to the other party which was not right. But as God will have it, I think that was my destiny on that aspiration that's how it's destined to go. So I'm not really bothered and I am not giving it up because politics is in me and I'm so much in love with politics.”

“I believe there is time for everything in life. My being in PDP is purposeful, it's well thought of, well decided and if there is anything that is going to take me out of PDP to anywhere, I think there must be concrete reasons but to me, I am much comfortable. I'm not saying I cannot defect, but I can't just defect from the PDP to any other party just for defecting sake,” he said.