{"id":163125,"date":"2025-05-19T12:26:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T11:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2027-it-cannot-fly-apc-chieftain-igbokwe-reacts-as-atiku-reportedly-seals-deal-with-obi"},"modified":"2025-05-19T13:34:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T12:34:07","slug":"2027-it-cannot-fly-apc-chieftain-igbokwe-reacts-as-atiku-reportedly-seals-deal-with-obi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-it-cannot-fly-apc-chieftain-igbokwe-reacts-as-atiku-reportedly-seals-deal-with-obi","title":{"rendered":"2027: It cannot fly \u2013 APC chieftain Igbokwe reacts as Atiku reportedly seals deal with Obi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Joe Igbokwe has rubbished reports of an alignment between former vice president, Atiku Abubakar and ex-Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, ahead of the 2027 elections.<\/p>\n<p>There are reports that Atiku, who contested the 2023 presidential election under the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, had struck a deal with his Labour Party counterpart, Obi.<\/p>\n<p>The reports indicated that Obi has accepted to deputize Atiku for just one tenure, suggesting that the former vice president is aspiring for just a single tenure.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting in a post on his official Facebook page on Monday, Igbokwe declared that the alignment will not fly, stressing that it cannot sell.<\/p>\n<p>Igbokwe, one of the supporters of President Bola Tinubu, wrote, \u201cAlhaji Atiku Abubakar childish and primitive deal with Labour Party is laughable and kindergarten.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is an act of desperation. It cannot fly and it cannot sell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Joe Igbokwe has rubbished reports of an alignment between former vice president, Atiku Abubakar and ex-Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, ahead of the 2027 elections. There are reports that Atiku, who contested the 2023 presidential election under the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, had [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":163123,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[13554,34,316,5581,254,4891],"class_list":["post-163125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-13554","tag-apc","tag-atiku","tag-igbokwe","tag-nigeria","tag-obi"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2027: It cannot fly \u2013 APC chieftain Igbokwe reacts as Atiku reportedly seals deal with Obi - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Joe Igbokwe has rubbished reports of an alignment between former vice ...\" \/>\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.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-it-cannot-fly-apc-chieftain-igbokwe-reacts-as-atiku-reportedly-seals-deal-with-obi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2027: It cannot fly \u2013 APC chieftain Igbokwe reacts as Atiku reportedly seals deal with Obi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Joe Igbokwe has rubbished reports of an alignment between former vice ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-it-cannot-fly-apc-chieftain-igbokwe-reacts-as-atiku-reportedly-seals-deal-with-obi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-19T11:26:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-19T12:34:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1747645473.846944.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-it-cannot-fly-apc-chieftain-igbokwe-reacts-as-atiku-reportedly-seals-deal-with-obi#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-it-cannot-fly-apc-chieftain-igbokwe-reacts-as-atiku-reportedly-seals-deal-with-obi\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"2027: It cannot fly \u2013 APC chieftain Igbokwe reacts as Atiku reportedly seals deal with Obi\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-19T11:26:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-19T12:34:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-it-cannot-fly-apc-chieftain-igbokwe-reacts-as-atiku-reportedly-seals-deal-with-obi\"},\"wordCount\":173,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-it-cannot-fly-apc-chieftain-igbokwe-reacts-as-atiku-reportedly-seals-deal-with-obi#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1747645473.846944.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2027\",\"APC\",\"Atiku\",\"Igbokwe\",\"Nigeria\",\"Obi\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-it-cannot-fly-apc-chieftain-igbokwe-reacts-as-atiku-reportedly-seals-deal-with-obi#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-it-cannot-fly-apc-chieftain-igbokwe-reacts-as-atiku-reportedly-seals-deal-with-obi\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-it-cannot-fly-apc-chieftain-igbokwe-reacts-as-atiku-reportedly-seals-deal-with-obi\",\"name\":\"2027: It cannot fly \u2013 APC chieftain Igbokwe reacts as Atiku reportedly seals deal with Obi - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-it-cannot-fly-apc-chieftain-igbokwe-reacts-as-atiku-reportedly-seals-deal-with-obi#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-it-cannot-fly-apc-chieftain-igbokwe-reacts-as-atiku-reportedly-seals-deal-with-obi#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1747645473.846944.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-19T11:26:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-19T12:34:07+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Joe Igbokwe has rubbished reports of an alignment between former vice ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-it-cannot-fly-apc-chieftain-igbokwe-reacts-as-atiku-reportedly-seals-deal-with-obi#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-it-cannot-fly-apc-chieftain-igbokwe-reacts-as-atiku-reportedly-seals-deal-with-obi\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-it-cannot-fly-apc-chieftain-igbokwe-reacts-as-atiku-reportedly-seals-deal-with-obi#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1747645473.846944.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1747645473.846944.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":560,\"caption\":\"2027: It cannot fly \u2013 APC chieftain Igbokwe reacts as Atiku reportedly seals deal with Obi\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-it-cannot-fly-apc-chieftain-igbokwe-reacts-as-atiku-reportedly-seals-deal-with-obi#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"2027: It cannot fly \u2013 APC chieftain Igbokwe reacts as Atiku reportedly seals deal with Obi\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"2027: It cannot fly \u2013 APC chieftain Igbokwe reacts as Atiku reportedly seals deal with Obi - Nigeria","description":"A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Joe Igbokwe has rubbished reports of an alignment between former vice ...","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.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-it-cannot-fly-apc-chieftain-igbokwe-reacts-as-atiku-reportedly-seals-deal-with-obi","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"2027: It cannot fly \u2013 APC chieftain Igbokwe reacts as Atiku reportedly seals deal with Obi","og_description":"A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Joe Igbokwe has rubbished reports of an alignment between former vice ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-it-cannot-fly-apc-chieftain-igbokwe-reacts-as-atiku-reportedly-seals-deal-with-obi","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2025-05-19T11:26:07+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-05-19T12:34:07+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":560,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1747645473.846944.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-it-cannot-fly-apc-chieftain-igbokwe-reacts-as-atiku-reportedly-seals-deal-with-obi#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-it-cannot-fly-apc-chieftain-igbokwe-reacts-as-atiku-reportedly-seals-deal-with-obi"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"2027: It cannot fly \u2013 APC chieftain Igbokwe reacts as Atiku reportedly seals deal with Obi","datePublished":"2025-05-19T11:26:07+00:00","dateModified":"2025-05-19T12:34:07+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-it-cannot-fly-apc-chieftain-igbokwe-reacts-as-atiku-reportedly-seals-deal-with-obi"},"wordCount":173,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-it-cannot-fly-apc-chieftain-igbokwe-reacts-as-atiku-reportedly-seals-deal-with-obi#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1747645473.846944.jpg","keywords":["2027","APC","Atiku","Igbokwe","Nigeria","Obi"],"articleSection":["all news","Policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-it-cannot-fly-apc-chieftain-igbokwe-reacts-as-atiku-reportedly-seals-deal-with-obi#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-it-cannot-fly-apc-chieftain-igbokwe-reacts-as-atiku-reportedly-seals-deal-with-obi","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-it-cannot-fly-apc-chieftain-igbokwe-reacts-as-atiku-reportedly-seals-deal-with-obi","name":"2027: It cannot fly \u2013 APC chieftain Igbokwe reacts as Atiku reportedly seals deal with Obi - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-it-cannot-fly-apc-chieftain-igbokwe-reacts-as-atiku-reportedly-seals-deal-with-obi#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-it-cannot-fly-apc-chieftain-igbokwe-reacts-as-atiku-reportedly-seals-deal-with-obi#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1747645473.846944.jpg","datePublished":"2025-05-19T11:26:07+00:00","dateModified":"2025-05-19T12:34:07+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Joe Igbokwe has rubbished reports of an alignment between former vice ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-it-cannot-fly-apc-chieftain-igbokwe-reacts-as-atiku-reportedly-seals-deal-with-obi#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-it-cannot-fly-apc-chieftain-igbokwe-reacts-as-atiku-reportedly-seals-deal-with-obi"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-it-cannot-fly-apc-chieftain-igbokwe-reacts-as-atiku-reportedly-seals-deal-with-obi#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1747645473.846944.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1747645473.846944.jpg","width":1000,"height":560,"caption":"2027: It cannot fly \u2013 APC chieftain Igbokwe reacts as Atiku reportedly seals deal with Obi"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-it-cannot-fly-apc-chieftain-igbokwe-reacts-as-atiku-reportedly-seals-deal-with-obi#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"2027: It cannot fly \u2013 APC chieftain Igbokwe reacts as Atiku reportedly seals deal with Obi"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}