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On June 11, 2024, popular YouTube prankster Niko Omilana released a video on his social media handles announcing that he will be running for current UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's seat in the the country's upcoming general election. This is not the first time the Beta Squad member will run in an election.
The content creator jokingly ran for the Mayor of London seat back in 2021 and managed to garner over 49,000 votes. He triumphantly declared himself the largest independent candidate soon afterward.
This time, however, Omilana is aiming much higher. In a short one-minute-long satirical video, he shared his plan to run against the incumbent Prime Minister on July 4, 2024, adding that he is declaring war against the system:
"Hello, my friends I have decided to run for Prime Minister and I am going up against our current Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in the area of Richmond and plan to completely remove him from the political world. Rishi Sunak wants to send young people to war, so I have decided to declare war on the system."
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Omilana then revealed that he is not only running for the Richmond seat. This time, he has managed to include his name on multiple other constituency ballots. His strategy is to add up all of the votes he acquires in the general election next month and declare himself the winner:
"We will remove Rishi and on top of this we have done the impossible, we attempted to run Niko Omilana in multiple places across the country and somehow we managed to make it happen. My plan is for Niko Omilana to get more votes than anyone else and declare myself Prime Minister."
"We all have to vote": YouTuber Niko Omilana encourages UK adults to register to vote ahead of general election
Known for pulling practical jokes and pranks on his channel, Niko Omilana has over seven million subscribers on YouTube. He frequently collaborates with his fellow Beta Squad members for videos and recently played against AMP in a charity football match.
After jumping out of a vintage car in his video on June 11, 2024, the content creator painted quite a funny picture with his "children's glasses" and urged people to register to vote:
"But before I can confirm these places, I want everyone to register to vote. This country doesn't believe that young people have power, but together we do. The deadline is the 18th of June and we all have to vote."
The Beta Squad member then claimed that he plans to showcase his superior political skills in the coming weeks, insinuating that he has a series of videos planned before the election:
"In the coming weeks, I plan to show that a man in children's glasses can do a better job than the horrific, abysmal people running the country right now. I hope you guys know how seriously I am taking this. It's time to put this country, in my safe hands."
Omilana concluded the clip by asking fans to vote for him. He also shared a link to a website that can help people register to vote:
"July 4th, make sure you vote for Niko. RishiSoKnacks, you have no aura. It's time to go."
Niko Omilana's social media campaign has already generated quite a buzz, with his posts on X and Instagram garnering millions of views within hours.
