Nigeria Labour Party Peter Obi Leads Overwhelmingly in Bloomberg 2023 Election Poll
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Bloomberg: Peter Obi Remains Top Pick for Nigerian President, Poll Shows [Nigeria 2023 Election Reputed US Poll]

⚫ Peter Obi scored 66% among those who’ve decided how to vote
⚫ The two main party candidates still lag in Premise Data poll

By William Clowes | 10 February 2023

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“Nigerian businessman and ex-governor Peter Obi remains the top choice to become the nation’s next president, according to a new poll.

“Two-thirds of respondents said they intend to vote for Obi, a third-party candidate, in elections scheduled for later this month. The results of the survey conducted for Bloomberg News by Premise Data Corp. were published on Friday – 15 days before the vote to choose President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor.

“Of the 93% of participants who said they’ve decided how to vote, 66% named Obi as their preferred choice. Obi scored a slightly higher 72% among decided respondents in an earlier Premise poll that was released by Bloomberg in September as the official election campaign kicked off.

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Poll shows Obi is most-favored candidate in February election

Decided Voters Undecided Voters
Peter Obi 66% 47%
Bola Tinubu 18% 29%
Atiku Abubakar 10% 9%

Source: Premise Data

“While Obi’s campaign has generated a momentum that the two established forces in Nigerian politics were not expecting, the ruling All Progressives Congress and main opposition Peoples Democratic Party insist that he cannot triumph on Feb. 25. They say his appeal is too thinly spread across the country’s states and have derided polling that has almost universally put the candidate of the much smaller Labour Party in first place.

“. . . Dismissed by his opponents as a “social media candidate,” Obi’s rise has been fueled by disenchantment with the status quo. His campaign has attracted an enthusiastic following known as “Obidients” — initially online but increasingly at rallies and marches — even if the man they wish to help to Nigeria’s biggest ever electoral upset hardly has an anti-establishment background. . . .”

Source: Bloomberg (one of the world’s reputed and authoritative media and business organisations). Click here to read the full text of this report on the Bloomberg website

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