YOUTUBER Niko Omilana has enjoyed an incredible career so far as an influencer.

       However, the rising star isn't just known on social media, as he has also tried his hand at politics.

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       Niko Omilana is an English YouTuber who gained popularity for his parody videos and pranks Credit: Rex Who is Niko Omilana?

       Niko Omilana was born on March 4, 1998, in Staffordshire.

       He became popular for posting prank videos to his YouTube channel.

       He is best known for his viral video titled, I Pranked America's Most Racist Man.

       Omilana is also popular on Instagram, where he boats 2.3 million followers (as of September 2023).

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       At the start of September 2022, Omilana was announced as a member of the YouTube Allstars football team.

       The Allstars were created by the British YouTube group, Sidemen, in 2016 to play in charity football matches.

       As of 2023, Omilana has an estimated net worth of around ￡1million.

       On Instagram, he can command up to ￡1,000 per sponsored post.

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       When did he run for London Mayor?

       In April 2021, Niko announced that he would be running for London Mayor.

       On April 2, 2021, he shared a video on Instagram urging his (then) 1.1 million followers to vote for him in the 2021 London Mayoral Election.

       He said: "I'm Niko Omilana, founding father and supreme leader of the Niko Defence League and I am running for mayor of London.

       "As you can see I'm taking this extremely seriously, everything up until this moment has been a warm-up, a light jog, a walk in the park but now we are about to take the nation's biggest city.

       "There is no greater leader in this country than me so please my friends, vote Niko for mayor of London on May 6th...or your breath stinks!

       "Make sure you are registered to vote as well, you don't want to miss out on this one."

       He shared his full manifesto to Twitter which included telling Boris Johnson to "shush" and outlined his plan to rename Big Ben.

       While Omilana was not elected as mayor, he did come fifth, beating out some much bigger names in politics, like Laurence Fox and Piers Corbyn.