In the 2022 Sultan Kudarat gubernatorial election, she ran for the province's governorship, losing to Datu Abdullah Sangki Mayor Pax Ali Mangudadatu.
[4] Akeel competed at the Miss Asia Pacific International 2018 pageant held at the Newport Performing Arts Theater at Pasay.
At the end of the pageant, she was crowned as the winner by the outgoing titleholder, Francielly Ouriques of Brazil.
She was handedly defeated by her sole opponent, incumbent Datu Abdullah Sangki Mayor Pax Ali Mangudadatu, whose candidacy was cancelled, but was allowed to run via a temporary restraining order from the Supreme Court.
[10][11] A native speaker of Maguindanao language, she also speaks Tagalog, Cebuano, Hiligaynon and English.