After a crushing APC primary defeat, the Nollywood veteran Desmond Elliot resurfaced on Ibrahim Chatta’s Afri-Chatta cultural village set, filming a big-budget “AI film” that looks nothing like legislative chambers.
The imagery hit first. Viral clips show Elliot in traditional plaited braids laced with cowrie shells, signalling a deep dive into a historical, indigenous role.
Desmond Elliot runs back to Nollywood after political career flops at Lagos’ polls
The production team confirmed a staggering investment: over 100 million Naira poured into transforming the location’s palace into the Oba Adeyemi Art Gallery and library.
The political math was brutal. Elliot’s 270 votes barely registered against Barakat Odunuga-Bakare’s 11,385 in the Surulere Constituency I primary. He initially contested the result, citing intimidation, but the numbers told a louder story. Three terms in the Lagos State House of Assembly finished with a landslide loss.
Now Nollywood reclaims its own. Fans flooded timelines with jokes about “default settings” and “first love,” but the excitement underneath is genuine. Elliot hasn’t officially closed his political chapter, yet walking onto Afri-Chatta in full character speaks volumes.
