UINavigationController->UIViewController navigation without segue

ViewController.m

// UIStoryboard->UINavigationController->UIViewController
//

// Initializations
UIStoryboard *storyboard = [UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:@"Main" bundle:nil];
UINavigationController *controller = (UINavigationController *)[storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:@"identifier"];
SecondViewController *svc = (SecondViewController *)controller.topViewController;

// Passing data
svc.some_code = self.object.some_code;

// Navigation
dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
  [self.navigationController presentViewController:controller animated:YES completion:nil];
});