{"id":7286,"date":"2021-07-26T11:32:34","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T10:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daviral.ng\/news\/?p=7286"},"modified":"2021-07-26T13:20:35","modified_gmt":"2021-07-26T12:20:35","slug":"why-i-dumps-politics-jim-iyke-reveals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daviral.net\/news\/why-i-dumps-politics-jim-iyke-reveals\/","title":{"rendered":"Nollywood Actor: Why I Dumps Politics, Jim Iyke Reveals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Popular and one of the richest Nollywood actor<\/a>, Jim Iyke has revealed why he dumped his political career. People have been asking why I dumps politics, the actor said.<\/p>\n

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\"WhyJim Iyke, is a popular Nigerian actor, producer and a business man. He is the owner of a bottled water company called \u201cBurgeon Table Water\u201d, clothing line called \u201cUntamed Closet\u201d and the founder of Jim lyke Foundation for Children with Special Disabilities.<\/p>\n

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According to the Nollywood actor<\/a> Jim Iyke, who is now 44 years reveals that ” I withdrew from politics to avoid selling or compromising my soul.<\/p>\n

Jim Iyke, who joined the Young Democratic Party when he began his political career in 2014, made this known during an interview with BBC Igbo on Friday.<\/p>\n

The actor said Nigerian politics is a dirty game characterized by violence, rigging, bribery, corruption, and other manipulations perpetrated by politicians. And it was one of the reasons why I dumps politics.<\/p>\n

He said: “I tried doing politics but what I was required to compromise was almost like selling your soul. I\u2019m principled.<\/p>\n

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The day my people summon me to serve, then I come out. If there\u2019s a jungle on earth, it\u2019s Anambra<\/a> politics. It\u2019s a different game.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jim Iyke further mention that another reason why I dumps politics, is that I don’t want to be used as a puppet in the hands of any godfather, fearing that the game could consume him in the long run.<\/p>\n

I know that if I foray into politics, it\u2019s either it consumes me or I get what I want<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

However, I do not want to be desperate or have a godfather that use me around like a puppet. I don\u2019t want to stain myself, the Nollywood star<\/a> added.<\/p>\n

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