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Veteran actor Zack Orji comes under fire for endorsing Tinubu – Video

August 1, 2022August 1, 2022 - by Daniel Nkado - Leave a Comment

Veteran Nollywood actor Zack Orji has faced criticism online shortly after a video of him publicly endorsing APC presidential candidate Bola Tinubu surfaced on social media.

Mr Orji trended on Twitter over the video with the majority of the reactions very unflattering.

While a few social media users defended the 62-year-old actor, stating that he is free to support any candidate of his choice, the bulk of the comments was condemnatory of Mr Orji’s endorsement of Tinubu, with many implying the actor must have been “sponsored” to make the video.

Watch the video of Zack Orji endorsing Tinubu below:

Let’s start praying for Zack Orji not to be canceled. 😀 pic.twitter.com/SD1MM61ajy
— Qudus Akanbi Eleyi. (@Qdpaper2) July 30, 2022

Someone tweeted about the video:

“Instead of Zack Orji to just open a gofundme account and let the society help his life, man decided to sell his integrity for peanut. Shameful”

This Zack Orji na now I know why Liz Benson dey always poison you for film. pic.twitter.com/ENG0vwW4aZ
— C. Oni⚽ (@Christen_Oni) July 22, 2022

For Gen Z kids that don't know who Liz Benson is,, this is she,,, she haunted my childhood in diamond ring… She poisoned Zack orji many times but didn't finish the job pic.twitter.com/dpej7esaO2
— Alex Teflondon (@lex_Teflondon) July 31, 2022

I’m not surprised at Zack Orji at all. Someone who after getting poisoned by Liz Benson for many years in the nollywood can only boast of a 1998 Jeep, a self Con apartment in Ago palace Lagos and an unending supply of bleaching cream. This man is after his stomach. Too bad
— Chlorpheniramine #EndSARS 🇳🇬 (@VictorIsrael_) July 31, 2022

BATists are milking the Zack Orji PAID endorsement😂. When Psquare supported PO it was "It is Igbo musicians that are supporting Peter Obi".
Zack can say whatever it does not change the fact that Tinubu is UNFIT to lead Nigeria and Obi is the best candidate for 2023✌️✌️
— NK£M #PeterObi2023 (@Nkemchor_) July 31, 2022

Zack Orji may end up being the next Desmond Elliot if he d¤esn't tread carefully, he shouldn't feed the public lies about Tinubu. When it comes to presidential candidates, It's a fact that Tinubu is the least credible; Someone who lied about his age has no credibility whatsoever.
— Daniel Regha (@DanielRegha) July 31, 2022

Two veteran Nollywood actors are currently been kidnapped by terrorists empowered by the incompetence of this government brought into power by Tinubu and Zack Orji, a Nollywood veteran is making a video in stupid support of an old and weak Tinubu to continue from Buhari. Sick
— FS Yusuf (@FS_Yusuf_) July 31, 2022

The kidnappers of Nollywood actors, Cynthia Okereke and Clemson Cornel aka Agbogidi, are demanding a whooping sum of $100,000 for their release yet their colleague Zack Orji is shamelessly coming out to endorse the same party that has no regards for security, lives and property.
— Chigozie I. Alex 4 Peter Obi🇳🇬 (@ChigozieIAlex) July 31, 2022

Nollywood legends have a way of destroying their legacies. In 2018, it was Kenneth Okonkwo, in 2022, it’s Zack Orji. Is this triggered by ubiam (poverty) or sheer stup!p!dty?
— Aku-N’esi-Obi-Ike (I) (@Makavelli275) July 31, 2022

Zack Orji can endorse Tinubu because if the country burns tomorrow he can easily travel out of Nigeria. It's the masses that will suffer
Nollywood actors that say they support Tinubu because of what he did for them should go with their family to thank him and leave us out of it.
— NK£M #PeterObi2023 (@Nkemchor_) July 31, 2022

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Daniel Nkado is a Nigerian writer and social researcher whose work examines Black identity, racism, institutional inequality, social power and belonging. He is the founder of DNB Stories Africa. Read more about Daniel, including his research methodology and full biography, here.

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