By Emmanuel Adeleke
Nigerian female singers, Omawumi Megbele-Yusuff, popularly known as Omawumi, and her counterpart, Aituaje Iruobe, aka Waje, joined other celebrities to thrill fans at a political concert in Lagos, on Saturday.
The concert which was held at the Tafawa Balewa Square in Lagos attracted a mammoth crowd.
The event tagged, ‘Youth Vote Count 2.0 Mega concert’, is geared towards sensitising the youths on the need to register and vote in the forthcoming 2023 general elections.
The event was initiated by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), YIAGA Africa, and European Union (EU).
A video of Waje’s performance at the event was shared on Twitter via the INEC official page.
The video was captioned, “@OfficialWaje using her power #VOICE to entertain the mammoth youth who turned up for the ongoing #YouthVoteCount2 in Lagos.”
Omawumi also thrilled the crowd as she performed her popular hit track, “If You Ask Me.”
“Na who you go ask if you no register to VOTE. @Omawumi using her strong VOICE to encourage the youths to get registered to VOTE at the ongoing #YouthVoteCount2 in Lagos,” INEC wrote on its official page.
Pictures also showed that the youths defied the rain to attend the star-studded event.
Some celebrities who attended the event include Falz, Mr Macaroni, Real Warri Pikin, Broda Shaggi, MI Abaga, and many others.
The Chairman of INEC, Prof Mahmood Yakubu; Lagos State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Olusegun Agbaje; and other members of the commission were present at the concert.
