{
  "id": 900566,
  "title": "This is childish – Joe Igbokwe fumes as Atiku moves to stop Tinubu’s re-election bid",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/this-is-childish-joe-igbokwe-fumes-as-atiku-moves-to-stop-tinubus-re",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-14T19:25:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/08/14/this-is-childish-joe-igbokwe-fumes-as-atiku-moves-to-stop-tinubus-re-election-bid/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "All Progressives Congress member Joe Igbokwe has expressed his disapproval of presidential candidate of the 2027 African Democratic Congress, Atiku Abubakar, attempting to prevent President Bola Tinubu from running in the upcoming election. Earlier, it was reported that Atiku had petitioned the Federal High Court in Abuja to invalidate Tinubu's participation in the 2027 presidential race. The former vice president is challenging Tinubu's eligibility based on an alleged forgery of the president's National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, discharge certificate, which Atiku claims bears an incorrect name on it. Atiku alleges that the NYSC certificate submitted to INEC lists Tinubu as \"Bola Adekunle\" while his actual name is \"Bola Ahmed Tinubu.\" Reacting to the situation, Igbokwe took to Facebook to call Atiku's actions childish, accusing him of corruption. \"Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is asking PBAT to produce his NYSC Certificate. Oro pe si je. The corrupt Custom man is not done yet. This is becoming childish. 'Atiku Abubakar knows that Nigerians cannot trust him with the Treasury of Nigeria,'\" Igbokwe wrote.",
  "summary": "A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Joe Igbokwe, has condemned the move by the presidential candidate of the 2027 African Democratic Congress, ADC, Atiku Abubakar to stop President Bola Tinubu from contesting the next election. DAILY POST earlier reported that Atiku, on Friday asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to disqualify Tinubu […] This is childish – Joe Igbokwe fumes as…",
  "key_points": [
    "Atiku Abubakar seeks to invalidate Tinubu's 2027 presidential candidacy.",
    "Joe Igbokwe criticizes Atiku's actions as childish and corrupt.",
    "Challenge based on alleged NYSC certificate forgery."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}