{"id":100378,"date":"2021-10-30T16:04:15","date_gmt":"2021-10-30T15:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=100378"},"modified":"2021-10-30T16:04:15","modified_gmt":"2021-10-30T15:04:15","slug":"2023-i-will-run-for-presidency-says-anyim-pius-anyim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/30\/2023-i-will-run-for-presidency-says-anyim-pius-anyim\/","title":{"rendered":"2023: I will run for Presidency, says Anyim Pius Anyim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Senate President, Sen. Pius Anyim on Saturday stated that he will run for the position of the President in 2023, whether the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP zones its presidential slot to the South-East zone or not.<\/p>\n<p>Anyim made the declaration on Saturday in an interview with journalists, in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>The Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation noted that the party\u2019s national convention would herald the commencement of political activities in the party adding that the time was ripe for him to indicate interest to run for exalted position.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/27\/i-was-never-invited-by-the-efcc-%e2%80%95-anyim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anyim<\/a>, \u201cPosters of my presidential bid and agitations by groups for me to contest flooded the social media in 2020 and I disassociated myself from such calls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt that it was too early for such declarations to enable the present administration concentrate on governance. Such calls resurfaced in the early part of 2021 and I choose to be quiet over the issue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe presently have less that 18 months to the next elections and I feel the time was ripe to indicate my interest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He noted that the zoning committee constituted by the party, was only saddled with zoning party positions and not elective positions ahead of 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cZoning of such positions was deferred but nothing stops any one from the south east zone from contesting the presidency even if it was not zoned to it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe most important thing is that the party\u2019s national convention is a sort of rebirth for a group of people who have recovered from a set back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe party members are presently focussed and determined to reclaim power with one spirit,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Anyim said that despite the party\u2019s seeming infraction with its former Chairman, Chief Uche Secondus, he remained a friend to several members.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSecondus is particularly my friend and many other members of the party, and we do not have any problem with him.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Senate President, Sen. Pius Anyim on Saturday stated that he will run for the position of the President in 2023, whether the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP zones its presidential slot to the South-East zone or not. Anyim made the declaration on Saturday in an interview with journalists, in Abuja. The Former Secretary to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":100384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[20622,112,109,21150,1827],"class_list":["post-100378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-anyim-pius-anyim","tag-pdp","tag-presidency","tag-slot-to-south-east","tag-zoning"],"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>2023: I will run for Presidency, says Anyim Pius Anyim<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former Senate President, Sen. Pius Anyim on Saturday stated that he will run for the position of the President in 2023, whether the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP zones its presidential slot to the South-East zone or not\" \/>\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\/news\/2021\/10\/30\/2023-i-will-run-for-presidency-says-anyim-pius-anyim\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2023: I will run for Presidency, says Anyim Pius Anyim\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Senate President, Sen. Pius Anyim on Saturday stated that he will run for the position of the President in 2023, whether the Peoples Democratic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/30\/2023-i-will-run-for-presidency-says-anyim-pius-anyim\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NEWS PICKS \u2014 WITHIN NIGERIA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/withinnigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-10-30T15:04:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/10\/adejayan_gbenga\/2021\/10\/30\/images-15-2021-10-30T160307.614.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"650\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"350\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Adejayan Gbenga Gsong\" \/>\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=\"Adejayan Gbenga Gsong\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/30\\\/2023-i-will-run-for-presidency-says-anyim-pius-anyim\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/30\\\/2023-i-will-run-for-presidency-says-anyim-pius-anyim\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Adejayan Gbenga Gsong\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/11ab87194f641326bf5479bd96864d73\"},\"headline\":\"2023: I will run for Presidency, says Anyim Pius Anyim\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-10-30T15:04:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/30\\\/2023-i-will-run-for-presidency-says-anyim-pius-anyim\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":323,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/30\\\/2023-i-will-run-for-presidency-says-anyim-pius-anyim\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/adejayan_gbenga\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/30\\\/images-15-2021-10-30T160307.614.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"Anyim Pius Anyim\",\"PDP\",\"Presidency\",\"slot to South East\",\"zoning\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/30\\\/2023-i-will-run-for-presidency-says-anyim-pius-anyim\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/30\\\/2023-i-will-run-for-presidency-says-anyim-pius-anyim\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/30\\\/2023-i-will-run-for-presidency-says-anyim-pius-anyim\\\/\",\"name\":\"2023: I will run for Presidency, says Anyim Pius Anyim\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/30\\\/2023-i-will-run-for-presidency-says-anyim-pius-anyim\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/30\\\/2023-i-will-run-for-presidency-says-anyim-pius-anyim\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/adejayan_gbenga\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/30\\\/images-15-2021-10-30T160307.614.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-10-30T15:04:15+00:00\",\"description\":\"Former Senate President, Sen. Pius Anyim on Saturday stated that he will run for the position of the President in 2023, whether the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP zones its presidential slot to the South-East zone or not\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/30\\\/2023-i-will-run-for-presidency-says-anyim-pius-anyim\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/30\\\/2023-i-will-run-for-presidency-says-anyim-pius-anyim\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/30\\\/2023-i-will-run-for-presidency-says-anyim-pius-anyim\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/adejayan_gbenga\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/30\\\/images-15-2021-10-30T160307.614.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/adejayan_gbenga\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/30\\\/images-15-2021-10-30T160307.614.jpeg\",\"width\":650,\"height\":350},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/30\\\/2023-i-will-run-for-presidency-says-anyim-pius-anyim\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"2023: I will run for Presidency, says Anyim Pius Anyim\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"NEWS\",\"description\":\"Latest &amp; Trending Nigeria News, Entertainment, Sports\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/Logo-dark-bg.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/Logo-dark-bg.png\",\"width\":750,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/facebook.com\\\/withinnigeria\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/withinnigeria\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/withinnigeria\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/withinnigeria\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCo0qw0SqhKNTsQQM48FpdTA\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/11ab87194f641326bf5479bd96864d73\",\"name\":\"Adejayan Gbenga Gsong\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2550bcb9e0a9edc282f2caeeec2c83111b44bb44e98f57fdd1ea8051f2223264?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2550bcb9e0a9edc282f2caeeec2c83111b44bb44e98f57fdd1ea8051f2223264?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2550bcb9e0a9edc282f2caeeec2c83111b44bb44e98f57fdd1ea8051f2223264?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Adejayan Gbenga Gsong\"},\"description\":\"Adejayan is an award-winning Journalist and Opinion writer with varied experience in Nigeria. Mail me at AdejayanOluwagbenga@withinnigeria.com. See full profile on Within Nigeria's TEAM PAGE\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/adejayan_gbenga\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"2023: I will run for Presidency, says Anyim Pius Anyim","description":"Former Senate President, Sen. Pius Anyim on Saturday stated that he will run for the position of the President in 2023, whether the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP zones its presidential slot to the South-East zone or not","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\/news\/2021\/10\/30\/2023-i-will-run-for-presidency-says-anyim-pius-anyim\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"2023: I will run for Presidency, says Anyim Pius Anyim","og_description":"Former Senate President, Sen. Pius Anyim on Saturday stated that he will run for the position of the President in 2023, whether the Peoples Democratic","og_url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/30\/2023-i-will-run-for-presidency-says-anyim-pius-anyim\/","og_site_name":"NEWS PICKS \u2014 WITHIN NIGERIA","article_publisher":"https:\/\/facebook.com\/withinnigeria","article_published_time":"2021-10-30T15:04:15+00:00","og_image":[{"width":650,"height":350,"url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/10\/adejayan_gbenga\/2021\/10\/30\/images-15-2021-10-30T160307.614.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Adejayan Gbenga Gsong","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@withinnigeria","twitter_site":"@withinnigeria","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Adejayan Gbenga Gsong","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/30\/2023-i-will-run-for-presidency-says-anyim-pius-anyim\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/30\/2023-i-will-run-for-presidency-says-anyim-pius-anyim\/"},"author":{"name":"Adejayan Gbenga Gsong","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/11ab87194f641326bf5479bd96864d73"},"headline":"2023: I will run for Presidency, says Anyim Pius Anyim","datePublished":"2021-10-30T15:04:15+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/30\/2023-i-will-run-for-presidency-says-anyim-pius-anyim\/"},"wordCount":323,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/30\/2023-i-will-run-for-presidency-says-anyim-pius-anyim\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/10\/adejayan_gbenga\/2021\/10\/30\/images-15-2021-10-30T160307.614.jpeg","keywords":["Anyim Pius Anyim","PDP","Presidency","slot to South East","zoning"],"articleSection":["Politics"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/30\/2023-i-will-run-for-presidency-says-anyim-pius-anyim\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/30\/2023-i-will-run-for-presidency-says-anyim-pius-anyim\/","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/30\/2023-i-will-run-for-presidency-says-anyim-pius-anyim\/","name":"2023: I will run for Presidency, says Anyim Pius Anyim","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/30\/2023-i-will-run-for-presidency-says-anyim-pius-anyim\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/30\/2023-i-will-run-for-presidency-says-anyim-pius-anyim\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/10\/adejayan_gbenga\/2021\/10\/30\/images-15-2021-10-30T160307.614.jpeg","datePublished":"2021-10-30T15:04:15+00:00","description":"Former Senate President, Sen. Pius Anyim on Saturday stated that he will run for the position of the President in 2023, whether the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP zones its presidential slot to the South-East zone or not","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/30\/2023-i-will-run-for-presidency-says-anyim-pius-anyim\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/30\/2023-i-will-run-for-presidency-says-anyim-pius-anyim\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/30\/2023-i-will-run-for-presidency-says-anyim-pius-anyim\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/10\/adejayan_gbenga\/2021\/10\/30\/images-15-2021-10-30T160307.614.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/10\/adejayan_gbenga\/2021\/10\/30\/images-15-2021-10-30T160307.614.jpeg","width":650,"height":350},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/30\/2023-i-will-run-for-presidency-says-anyim-pius-anyim\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"2023: I will run for Presidency, says Anyim Pius Anyim"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/","name":"NEWS","description":"Latest &amp; Trending Nigeria News, Entertainment, Sports","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#organization","name":"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/Logo-dark-bg.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/Logo-dark-bg.png","width":750,"height":500,"caption":"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/facebook.com\/withinnigeria","https:\/\/x.com\/withinnigeria","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/withinnigeria\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/withinnigeria\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCo0qw0SqhKNTsQQM48FpdTA"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/11ab87194f641326bf5479bd96864d73","name":"Adejayan Gbenga Gsong","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2550bcb9e0a9edc282f2caeeec2c83111b44bb44e98f57fdd1ea8051f2223264?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2550bcb9e0a9edc282f2caeeec2c83111b44bb44e98f57fdd1ea8051f2223264?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2550bcb9e0a9edc282f2caeeec2c83111b44bb44e98f57fdd1ea8051f2223264?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Adejayan Gbenga Gsong"},"description":"Adejayan is an award-winning Journalist and Opinion writer with varied experience in Nigeria. Mail me at AdejayanOluwagbenga@withinnigeria.com. See full profile on Within Nigeria's TEAM PAGE","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/author\/adejayan_gbenga\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}