{"id":166518,"date":"2025-06-11T22:37:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T21:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/joe-igbokwe-recognizes-two-real-men-in-coalition"},"modified":"2025-06-11T23:47:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T22:47:53","slug":"joe-igbokwe-recognizes-two-real-men-in-coalition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/joe-igbokwe-recognizes-two-real-men-in-coalition","title":{"rendered":"Joe Igbokwe Recognizes Two Real Men in Coalition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Joe Igbokwe, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has said that he could see only \u201cone or two real men\u201d in the planned coalition to sack President Bola Tinubu in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Igbokwe, a staunch supporter of the present administration, made the claim in a post on his official Facebook page on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, aside from the two unidentified \u201creal men\u201d, other members of the coalition are irrelevant and unknown.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote, \u201cWhen I look at the composition of the so-called coalition I see one or two that are real men.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOthers members are unknown, they have nothing to bring to the table, no skill, no energy , no resources, no charisma, no history, no character etc\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Former Vice-President of Nigeria Atiku Abubakar and former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, are among the opposition figures teaming up against the APC government.<\/p>\n<p>Former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, and his Rivers State counterpart, Rotimi Amaechi, are also members.<\/p>\n<p>Igbokwe had rated El-Rufai higher than every appointee of President Tinubu\u2019s government, stating that the former governor is smarter and more intelligent.<\/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. Joe Igbokwe, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has said that he could see only \u201cone or two real men\u201d in the planned coalition to sack President Bola Tinubu in 2027. 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