{"id":195280,"date":"2026-02-17T22:54:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T21:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/tinubu-took-20-years-to-prepare-for-presidency-joe-igbokwe"},"modified":"2026-02-18T00:04:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T23:04:31","slug":"tinubu-took-20-years-to-prepare-for-presidency-joe-igbokwe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-took-20-years-to-prepare-for-presidency-joe-igbokwe","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu took 20 years to prepare for Presidency \u2013 Joe Igbokwe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos State, Joe Igbokwe, has declared that President Bola Tinubu has no rival ahead of the 2027 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>Igbokwe said there is no magic anybody can perform to defeat Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>Posting on Facebook, he wrote: \u201cWithout sounding immodest I can tell you that PBAT has no rival. There is no magic that will make people to stand with you if you do not have anything to bring to the table. There is always a payday for every good work. Victory beckons for PBAT.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to him, unseating Tinubu can only happen in the imagination of the opposition.<\/p>\n<p>Igbokwe recalled that it took Tinubu 20 years to prepare to become President.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe marked his times for more than 20 years waiting for the right time to throw his hat into the ring. It came in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is now PBAT and he is reworking Nigeria. Now, in your wildest imaginations you think you will unseat him.Where is the muscle,\u201d he wrote.<\/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. 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