{"id":121155,"date":"2025-08-01T13:41:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T12:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=121155"},"modified":"2025-08-01T13:41:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T12:41:23","slug":"no-coalition-without-obi-comedian-okon-tells-adc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/no-coalition-without-obi-comedian-okon-tells-adc\/","title":{"rendered":"No coalition without Obi, comedian Okon tells ADC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Oscar Okhifo<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nigerian actor and social commentator, Imeh Umoh, popularly known as Okon has dismissed the recent coalition plans by the African Democratic Congress (ADC), describing them as weak and ineffective without the involvement of former Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reacting to reports of the ADC\u2019s efforts to build a third-force coalition ahead of the 2027 general elections, Okon, in a strongly worded post on his verified Instagram page, said any political alliance that excludes Obi is \u201ca limp attempt at relevance.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe coalition is a three-legged stool, and one leg is already broken. Without Peter Obi, you are just dancing around with no rhythm or direction,\u201d he wrote.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He accused the ADC and other fringe parties of exploiting public frustration with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the opposition People\u2019s Democratic Party (PDP), without presenting any credible alternative.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cYou people keep announcing coalitions every four years like it\u2019s a wrestling tag team match. Meanwhile, the people are looking for competence, credibility, and courage. Obi may not be perfect, but he represents something real. Remove him, and the rest is just political garnish.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a more controversial part of his post, Okon Lagos used a metaphor that has since gone viral to underscore the perceived futility of the ADC\u2019s efforts without Obi\u2019s participation.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIn all they (ADC) do, they should realize they are like a very big manhood, and Peter Obi is their erection. A big manhood is useless without the capacity to be erect,\u201d he stated.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The post has sparked debate online, with many social media users backing the actor\u2019s stance, while some ADC supporters insisted the party remains committed to youth-driven transformation and coalition-building.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The\u00a0 ADC leadership is yet to respond officially to the actor\u2019s remarks.<\/div>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Oscar Okhifo Nigerian actor and social commentator, Imeh Umoh, popularly known as Okon has dismissed the recent coalition plans by the African Democratic Congress (ADC), describing them as weak&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":121156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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