YouTuber Niko Omilana has announced he is taking on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in next month's general election.

The 26-year-old Londoner known online for his video content, commands a massive following of over 7.5 million subscribers on Youtube.

The video in which he declared his intent to displace Sunak in Richmond and Northallerton has clocked over one million views since Tuesday.

Omilana said: "Hello my friends, I've decided to run for Prime Minister and I'm going up against our current Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in the area of Richmond and plan to completely remove him from the political world."

He accuses the Prime Minister of wanting to "send young people to war," and vows to declare "war on the system" instead which he says does not take young people seriously.

(Image: PA Images) Soccer Aid World XI's Niko Omilana takes a photo before Soccer Aid for UNICEF 2023 at Old Trafford, Manchester.

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Omilana plans to show that "a man in children's glasses could do a better job than the horrific, abysmal people running the country right now."

He ended his announcement with a direct challenge to the Prime Minister saying: "you have no aura, it's time to go."

He has previously shown a desire for political office.

In 2021, he ran for London Mayor and finished in fifth place, bagging over 49,000 votes with a policy platform of telling then PM, Boris Johnson, to 'shut up'.

The Youtuber also took part in Soccer Aid 2023, playing for the World XI.