Tony Oneweek is the first Nigerian comedian to win a Govermental election by winning Anambara's House of Assembly election which was conducted on the 26th of April 2011. He contested under Action Congress of Nigeria, representing Idemili North Constituency, he got a total of 10,801 votes.
He said to Live Online with Delia, "I can't wait to resume work and make some great changes ... I'm not only going to keep my promises, i'm going to do more".
