{"id":213473,"date":"2025-07-03T20:34:31","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T20:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/?p=213473"},"modified":"2025-07-03T20:34:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T20:34:31","slug":"let-asiwaju-continue-actor-ugezu-obi-supporters-say-no-to-atikus-possible-candidacy-in-coalition-against-tinubu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2025\/07\/03\/let-asiwaju-continue-actor-ugezu-obi-supporters-say-no-to-atikus-possible-candidacy-in-coalition-against-tinubu\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Let Asiwaju continue&#8221;: Actor Ugezu, Obi supporters say No to Atiku\u2019s possible candidacy in coalition against Tinubu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tensions are mounting among supporters of Peter Obi and members of Nigeria\u2019s civic-conscious electorate following speculations that the newly proposed coalition under the African Democratic Congress (ADC) might field Atiku Abubakar as the joint presidential candidate to challenge President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Popular Nollywood actor and filmmaker Ugezu J. Ugezu, known for his political commentary, has firmly rejected the idea, warning that any coalition fronting Atiku\u2014who has contested multiple times under different parties\u2014will fail to inspire Nigerians seeking genuine change. In a blunt Instagram post, Ugezu declared:<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cIf the coalition is all about fronting Atiku to remove Asiwaju, then I will say let Asiwaju continue.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He went further to label the coalition as a project aimed at &#8220;state capture&#8221; by elites who have benefitted from decades of looting, saying:<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cA coalition aimed at state capture by ruthless elements who have looted and looted in the last 4 to 5 decades is not the coalition that will birth the new Nigeria. I am not in it. We yearn for a nation that works.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE SCREENSHOT BELOW\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-213478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/1751574628368.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/1751574628368.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/1751574628368-162x300.jpg 162w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/1751574628368-553x1024.jpg 553w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ugezu\u2019s position mirrors the sentiments of many grassroots Obi-dients, who flooded social media with sharp criticism of any alliance that sidelines Peter Obi or recycles familiar political faces.<\/p>\n<p>For these voters, the coalition\u2019s legitimacy hinges on its willingness to break from the old guard of Nigerian politics, rather than reinforcing it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE SCREENSHOTS BELOW\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-213479\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/1751574411814.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"716\" height=\"1180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/1751574411814.jpg 716w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/1751574411814-182x300.jpg 182w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/1751574411814-621x1024.jpg 621w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 716px) 100vw, 716px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-213480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/1751574426831.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"717\" height=\"1149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/1751574426831.jpg 717w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/1751574426831-187x300.jpg 187w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/1751574426831-639x1024.jpg 639w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The backlash comes just days after Kenneth Okonkwo, Nollywood actor-turned-politician, distanced himself from the Atiku-led coalition narrative, reaffirmed that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2025\/07\/02\/actor-kenneth-okonkwo-gives-his-take-on-obi-atiku-amaechi-rufai-coalition-under-adc\/\">the ADC movement should prioritize Nigeria\u2019s well-being over political power swaps.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Observers now question whether the proposed coalition can survive internal divisions, especially if Peter Obi and his base remain unaligned.<\/p>\n<p>While the ADC\u2019s attempt at political realignment may have been conceived as a strategy to defeat Tinubu, it now faces strong resistance from reformist voices demanding transparency, fresh leadership, and a true break from Nigeria\u2019s recycled political elite.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tensions are mounting among supporters of Peter Obi and members of Nigeria\u2019s civic-conscious electorate following speculations that the newly proposed coalition under the African Democratic Congress (ADC) might field Atiku Abubakar as the joint presidential candidate to challenge President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027. Popular Nollywood actor and filmmaker Ugezu J. Ugezu, known for his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":213481,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":"","format":"standard","override":[{"template":"2","single_blog_custom":"94000","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"3","zoom_button_in_step":"3","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[33629,10967,33400,13104,8600],"class_list":["post-213473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-adc-coalition","tag-asiwaju-bola-ahmed-tinubu","tag-atiku-abubukar","tag-peter-obi","tag-ugezu-j-ugezu"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.8 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Let Asiwaju continue&quot;: Actor Ugezu, Obi supporters say No to Atiku\u2019s possible candidacy in coalition against Tinubu<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2025\/07\/03\/let-asiwaju-continue-actor-ugezu-obi-supporters-say-no-to-atikus-possible-candidacy-in-coalition-against-tinubu\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&quot;Let Asiwaju continue&quot;: Actor Ugezu, Obi supporters say No to Atiku\u2019s possible candidacy in coalition against Tinubu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tensions are mounting among supporters of Peter Obi and members of Nigeria\u2019s civic-conscious electorate following speculations that the newly proposed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2025\/07\/03\/let-asiwaju-continue-actor-ugezu-obi-supporters-say-no-to-atikus-possible-candidacy-in-coalition-against-tinubu\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ENTERTAINMENT \u2014 WITHIN NIGERIA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/withinnigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-03T20:34:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/1751574315309.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"715\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"358\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Samuel David\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@withinnigeria\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@withinnigeria\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Samuel David\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/entertainment\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/03\\\/let-asiwaju-continue-actor-ugezu-obi-supporters-say-no-to-atikus-possible-candidacy-in-coalition-against-tinubu\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/entertainment\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/03\\\/let-asiwaju-continue-actor-ugezu-obi-supporters-say-no-to-atikus-possible-candidacy-in-coalition-against-tinubu\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Samuel David\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/entertainment\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9106bc4b3e39eb1b2b5f638d85b7a97b\"},\"headline\":\"&#8220;Let Asiwaju continue&#8221;: Actor Ugezu, Obi supporters say No to Atiku\u2019s possible candidacy in coalition against Tinubu\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-03T20:34:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/entertainment\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/03\\\/let-asiwaju-continue-actor-ugezu-obi-supporters-say-no-to-atikus-possible-candidacy-in-coalition-against-tinubu\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":342,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/entertainment\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/entertainment\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/03\\\/let-asiwaju-continue-actor-ugezu-obi-supporters-say-no-to-atikus-possible-candidacy-in-coalition-against-tinubu\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/entertainment\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/1751574315309.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"ADC coalition\",\"Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu\",\"Atiku Abubukar\",\"Peter Obi\",\"Ugezu J. Ugezu\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Celebrities\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/entertainment\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/03\\\/let-asiwaju-continue-actor-ugezu-obi-supporters-say-no-to-atikus-possible-candidacy-in-coalition-against-tinubu\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/entertainment\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/03\\\/let-asiwaju-continue-actor-ugezu-obi-supporters-say-no-to-atikus-possible-candidacy-in-coalition-against-tinubu\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/entertainment\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/03\\\/let-asiwaju-continue-actor-ugezu-obi-supporters-say-no-to-atikus-possible-candidacy-in-coalition-against-tinubu\\\/\",\"name\":\"\\\"Let Asiwaju continue\\\": Actor Ugezu, Obi supporters say No to Atiku\u2019s possible candidacy in coalition against Tinubu\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/entertainment\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/entertainment\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/03\\\/let-asiwaju-continue-actor-ugezu-obi-supporters-say-no-to-atikus-possible-candidacy-in-coalition-against-tinubu\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/entertainment\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/03\\\/let-asiwaju-continue-actor-ugezu-obi-supporters-say-no-to-atikus-possible-candidacy-in-coalition-against-tinubu\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/entertainment\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/1751574315309.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-03T20:34:31+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/entertainment\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/03\\\/let-asiwaju-continue-actor-ugezu-obi-supporters-say-no-to-atikus-possible-candidacy-in-coalition-against-tinubu\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/entertainment\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/03\\\/let-asiwaju-continue-actor-ugezu-obi-supporters-say-no-to-atikus-possible-candidacy-in-coalition-against-tinubu\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/entertainment\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/03\\\/let-asiwaju-continue-actor-ugezu-obi-supporters-say-no-to-atikus-possible-candidacy-in-coalition-against-tinubu\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/entertainment\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/1751574315309.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/entertainment\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/1751574315309.jpg\",\"width\":715,\"height\":358,\"caption\":\"Ugezu, Obi-Atiku Coalition, Tinubu\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/entertainment\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/03\\\/let-asiwaju-continue-actor-ugezu-obi-supporters-say-no-to-atikus-possible-candidacy-in-coalition-against-tinubu\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/entertainment\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"&#8220;Let Asiwaju continue&#8221;: Actor Ugezu, Obi supporters say No to Atiku\u2019s possible candidacy in coalition against Tinubu\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/entertainment\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/entertainment\\\/\",\"name\":\"ENTERTAINMENT \u2014 WITHIN NIGERIA\",\"description\":\"Latest Nigeria Celebrities and Entertainment News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/entertainment\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/entertainment\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/entertainment\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/entertainment\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/entertainment\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/entertainment\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/logo-main-x2-use-5.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/entertainment\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/logo-main-x2-use-5.png\",\"width\":390,\"height\":108,\"caption\":\"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/entertainment\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/facebook.com\\\/withinnigeria\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/withinnigeria\",\"https:\\\/\\\/instagram.com\\\/withinnigeria\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/withinnigeria\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCo0qw0SqhKNTsQQM48FpdTA\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/entertainment\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9106bc4b3e39eb1b2b5f638d85b7a97b\",\"name\":\"Samuel David\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/af4e40544cdaf2403960627a51ab74fc17f19ed31f277d6fcb5e9150d2efa5df?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/af4e40544cdaf2403960627a51ab74fc17f19ed31f277d6fcb5e9150d2efa5df?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/af4e40544cdaf2403960627a51ab74fc17f19ed31f277d6fcb5e9150d2efa5df?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Samuel David\"},\"description\":\"A graduate with a strong dedication to writing. Mail me at samuel.david@withinnigeria.com. See full profile on Within Nigeria's TEAM PAGE\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/entertainment\\\/author\\\/samdave\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"\"Let Asiwaju continue\": Actor Ugezu, Obi supporters say No to Atiku\u2019s possible candidacy in coalition against Tinubu","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2025\/07\/03\/let-asiwaju-continue-actor-ugezu-obi-supporters-say-no-to-atikus-possible-candidacy-in-coalition-against-tinubu\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"\"Let Asiwaju continue\": Actor Ugezu, Obi supporters say No to Atiku\u2019s possible candidacy in coalition against Tinubu","og_description":"Tensions are mounting among supporters of Peter Obi and members of Nigeria\u2019s civic-conscious electorate following speculations that the newly proposed","og_url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2025\/07\/03\/let-asiwaju-continue-actor-ugezu-obi-supporters-say-no-to-atikus-possible-candidacy-in-coalition-against-tinubu\/","og_site_name":"ENTERTAINMENT \u2014 WITHIN NIGERIA","article_publisher":"https:\/\/facebook.com\/withinnigeria","article_published_time":"2025-07-03T20:34:31+00:00","og_image":[{"width":715,"height":358,"url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/1751574315309.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Samuel David","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@withinnigeria","twitter_site":"@withinnigeria","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Samuel David","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2025\/07\/03\/let-asiwaju-continue-actor-ugezu-obi-supporters-say-no-to-atikus-possible-candidacy-in-coalition-against-tinubu\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2025\/07\/03\/let-asiwaju-continue-actor-ugezu-obi-supporters-say-no-to-atikus-possible-candidacy-in-coalition-against-tinubu\/"},"author":{"name":"Samuel David","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/#\/schema\/person\/9106bc4b3e39eb1b2b5f638d85b7a97b"},"headline":"&#8220;Let Asiwaju continue&#8221;: Actor Ugezu, Obi supporters say No to Atiku\u2019s possible candidacy in coalition against Tinubu","datePublished":"2025-07-03T20:34:31+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2025\/07\/03\/let-asiwaju-continue-actor-ugezu-obi-supporters-say-no-to-atikus-possible-candidacy-in-coalition-against-tinubu\/"},"wordCount":342,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2025\/07\/03\/let-asiwaju-continue-actor-ugezu-obi-supporters-say-no-to-atikus-possible-candidacy-in-coalition-against-tinubu\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/1751574315309.jpg","keywords":["ADC coalition","Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu","Atiku Abubukar","Peter Obi","Ugezu J. Ugezu"],"articleSection":["Celebrities"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2025\/07\/03\/let-asiwaju-continue-actor-ugezu-obi-supporters-say-no-to-atikus-possible-candidacy-in-coalition-against-tinubu\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2025\/07\/03\/let-asiwaju-continue-actor-ugezu-obi-supporters-say-no-to-atikus-possible-candidacy-in-coalition-against-tinubu\/","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2025\/07\/03\/let-asiwaju-continue-actor-ugezu-obi-supporters-say-no-to-atikus-possible-candidacy-in-coalition-against-tinubu\/","name":"\"Let Asiwaju continue\": Actor Ugezu, Obi supporters say No to Atiku\u2019s possible candidacy in coalition against Tinubu","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2025\/07\/03\/let-asiwaju-continue-actor-ugezu-obi-supporters-say-no-to-atikus-possible-candidacy-in-coalition-against-tinubu\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2025\/07\/03\/let-asiwaju-continue-actor-ugezu-obi-supporters-say-no-to-atikus-possible-candidacy-in-coalition-against-tinubu\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/1751574315309.jpg","datePublished":"2025-07-03T20:34:31+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2025\/07\/03\/let-asiwaju-continue-actor-ugezu-obi-supporters-say-no-to-atikus-possible-candidacy-in-coalition-against-tinubu\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2025\/07\/03\/let-asiwaju-continue-actor-ugezu-obi-supporters-say-no-to-atikus-possible-candidacy-in-coalition-against-tinubu\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2025\/07\/03\/let-asiwaju-continue-actor-ugezu-obi-supporters-say-no-to-atikus-possible-candidacy-in-coalition-against-tinubu\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/1751574315309.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/1751574315309.jpg","width":715,"height":358,"caption":"Ugezu, Obi-Atiku Coalition, Tinubu"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2025\/07\/03\/let-asiwaju-continue-actor-ugezu-obi-supporters-say-no-to-atikus-possible-candidacy-in-coalition-against-tinubu\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"&#8220;Let Asiwaju continue&#8221;: Actor Ugezu, Obi supporters say No to Atiku\u2019s possible candidacy in coalition against Tinubu"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/","name":"ENTERTAINMENT \u2014 WITHIN NIGERIA","description":"Latest Nigeria Celebrities and Entertainment News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/#organization","name":"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/02\/logo-main-x2-use-5.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/02\/logo-main-x2-use-5.png","width":390,"height":108,"caption":"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/facebook.com\/withinnigeria","https:\/\/x.com\/withinnigeria","https:\/\/instagram.com\/withinnigeria","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/withinnigeria\/","https:\/\/youtube.com\/channel\/UCo0qw0SqhKNTsQQM48FpdTA\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/#\/schema\/person\/9106bc4b3e39eb1b2b5f638d85b7a97b","name":"Samuel David","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/af4e40544cdaf2403960627a51ab74fc17f19ed31f277d6fcb5e9150d2efa5df?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/af4e40544cdaf2403960627a51ab74fc17f19ed31f277d6fcb5e9150d2efa5df?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/af4e40544cdaf2403960627a51ab74fc17f19ed31f277d6fcb5e9150d2efa5df?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Samuel David"},"description":"A graduate with a strong dedication to writing. Mail me at samuel.david@withinnigeria.com. See full profile on Within Nigeria's TEAM PAGE","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/author\/samdave\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213473"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":213482,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213473\/revisions\/213482"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}