{"id":204893,"date":"2025-01-24T06:13:09","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T06:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/?p=204893"},"modified":"2025-01-24T06:13:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T06:13:09","slug":"why-i-ran-for-political-office-in-2023-olumide-oworu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2025\/01\/24\/why-i-ran-for-political-office-in-2023-olumide-oworu\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I ran for political office in 2023 \u2013 Olumide Oworu"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><strong>Olumide Oworu has opened up on why he joined politics.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">The 30-year-old on a recent podcast gave selfless reasons about wanting to be the change. <\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">This comes after Oworu ran for office in 2023.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Nigerian actor, Olumide Owuru has shed light on what led him to run for political office in the 2023 elections.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">According to him, he decided to be among the people ready to make a change in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Recall that in February 2023, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2023\/02\/23\/actors-agog-as-olumide-oworu-vies-for-surulere-ticket-against-senior-colleague-desmond-eliot\/\">Oworu announced his intention to contest the Surulere Constituency 1 seat at the Lagos Assembly on the Labour Party (LP) platform.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">However, the thespian\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2023\/03\/17\/desmond-elliot-reacts-to-allegations-of-sponsoring-attack-on-opponent-olumide-oworu-prior-election\/\">candidacy became a subject of conversation on social media<\/a> after his name was not found on the electoral body\u2019s result sheet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Olumide\u2019s senior colleague, Desmond Elliot, who contested on the All Progressive Congress (APC) platform, eventually won the constituency seat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In an interview with entertainment journalist Seun Olekutiyi, on the podcast, Nollywood On Radio, Olumide expressed dissatisfaction with the country\u2019s current state, stating that many industries and sectors have been on a downward spiral.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_204895\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-204895\" style=\"width: 1242px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/IMG_9456.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-204895\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/IMG_9456.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1242\" height=\"1285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/IMG_9456.jpeg 1242w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/IMG_9456-290x300.jpeg 290w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/IMG_9456-990x1024.jpeg 990w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/IMG_9456-768x795.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1242px) 100vw, 1242px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-204895\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Olumide Oworu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The movie star said he wants to live and raise his family in Nigeria, emphasizing the need for collective involvement in the country\u2019s affairs. In his words:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201c<\/span><span class=\"s2\">We just need to be a part of our affairs. I want to live in Nigeria, I want to raise my family in a Nigeria that is good, that is a land of opportunities. I know how things were when I was growing up and it is just sad to see that we are just on a downward spiral<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Almost nothing minus the entertainment industry, sports, and a few other industries have anything positive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Everything else just seems to be nosediving and I actually want to be a part of the people that are going to make some form of change in the society.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Olumide, who began acting at the age of six in the drama series <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Everyday People<\/span><span class=\"s1\">, gained widespread recognition for his role as Tari in the popular TV series <\/span><span class=\"s2\">The Johnsons<\/span><span class=\"s1\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Over the years, he has featured in numerous films and has won awards for his acting prowess.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olumide Oworu has opened up on why he joined politics. The 30-year-old on a recent podcast gave selfless reasons about wanting to be the change. This comes after Oworu ran for office in 2023. Nigerian actor, Olumide Owuru has shed light on what led him to run for political office in the 2023 elections. 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