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As 2023 general elections draw closer, Nigerians in various parts of the country have mostly settled for Labour presidential candidate Peter Obi as their preferred choice in a physical poll conducted in December 2022, with barely two months to D-day.

The result of polls conducted between the 1st and 4th of December by the media outfit BantuPage, showed that Labour Party’s Obi was preferred by most of the eligible voters in the Federal Capital Territory, Southeast, South-south and North-central geopolitical zones.

The overall poll revealed that 37% of the polled respondent spread in all the geo-graphical zones preferred Obi. While 15%, 14% and 4% preferred the APC, PDP and NNPP respectively, 17% of the respondents were still undecided, 9% do not intend to vote with 4% unwilling to disclose their preferred candidates.

In the direct physical poll conducted by the media team in the country, Nigerian electorates in the selected states revealed that the preference for their candidates were based on religion, competence and other reasons.

Analysis of the poll results by BantuPage revealed that most respondents representing 19% of the both male and female population within the three selected states of Kano, Katsina and Kaduna preferred NNPP’s Kwankwaso in the Northwest. Though 18%, 15% and 7% had PDP, APC and LP respectively as their second preference, a whopping 32% were still undecided.

The result was however different in Northeast as PDP’s presidential candidate Atiku polled more with 38% respondents choosing him as their preferred candidate while LP, APC and NNPP had 15%, 12% and 2% respectively with 27% eligible voters undecided.

Results from the South-south region, mostly in Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Delta and Edo states, LP’s presidential candidate Obi led the way with 66% respondents for voting intent. PDP and APC were both tied at 7% each, while 3 % preferred NNPP and 6% still undecided.

For North Central respondents, 45% intend to vote LP, while 14%, 13% and 3% had a preference for APC, PDP and NNPP respectively with 15% yet undecided.

Southwest respondents preferred the APC candidate with the ruling party amassing 34%, followed by LP and PDP with 23% and 17% respectively. Only 1% of polled respondent intended to vote for the NNPP candidate although 17% were still undecided. While the APC candidate may have won the entire Southwest region, the poll results showed that he actually came in second in Lagos state to LP, polling only 28% while LP had 31%. Further analysis revealed that this LP’s victory in Lagos was influenced by the fact that Lagos is a multi-ethnic city. A drill down on how Yorubas voted in Lagos revealed that Tinubu would have won Lagos with 47% and LP would have been a distant second at only 10%.

The LP also had the highest preference amongst respondents from the Southeast with 72% of voting intentions. The APC and PDP each scored 3% and 2% respectively of voting intent while the NNPP scored zero. Despite voter apathy and security challenges occasioned by the clamour for secession in the South East, there was a very high intent to vote with only 6% yet undecided.

Similarly, result of polls conducted in the Federal Capital Territory gave LP wide edge with 44% while APC, PDP and NNPP got 11%, 10% and 3% respectively. With 11% still undecided.

Areas polled in Federal capital territory were Garki Area 1, Asokoro, Wuse Zone 5, Gudu, Bwari Area Council, Gwagwalada Area Council Zuba, Gwagwalada Area Council Tunga Maje, Gwagwalada Area Council, University of Abuja, Gwagwalada Area Council Giri, Kuje Area Council Kuje Ibi, Kuje Area Council Kuje Market, Kuje Ako, Kuje Area Council Kuje Guduaba, Garki Area 2, Garki Area 10, Garki Area 3, Wuse 2 and Jabi.

Talking about the rationale behind the choice of candidates and voting intentions, the spokesperson for BantuPage in a statement made available Friday, said, “What’s also interesting here is that ethnicity and religion, which are two of Nigeria’s fault lines, had little impact on respondents’ choice of voting intention. Our data showed that of the 59% of our respondents who gave a reason for their voting intentions, only 2% said religion was their motivator, 3% for ethnicity, 1% for party affiliation, 11% for change, 13% for age, and a staggering 70% for capacity and trust.

“Again, we made sure our numbers per area were limited and spread across the cities/states so that our results would be as representative as possible of the demographic area.”

“These polling results from BantuPage poll is the first of three series expected to be conducted before the election to gauge the feelings of Nigerians especially to know if the results of the first poll will be replicated or whether voting intentions have changed or some of the undecided voters had settled for a particular candidate as election gets ever closer.

“Our first monthly poll has just concluded, and we are looking to publish these. One thing that is very different from our numbers is that we broke down our interviews in different categories apart from the usual a yes or no on whom the respondents are likely to vote for.

“We intend to run a once-a-month general polling on the above categories, i.e. December 2022 (just completed polls), January, and February just before the election.

“We selected three states from each geo-political zone for our polls, normally, not more than 10 respondents in each community or local government with the exemption of Lagos and Kano where the population numbers are quite high. Unlike other polls conducted, 95% of our respondents were recorded (all recordings are available), whilst 5% were voice recordings of polled individuals who didn’t wish to be captured on video recording. In our January polls, we will cover the remaining three states in each geopolitical zone that we did not poll during our December polls, whilst we intend to capture the entire country in one fell swoop in our penultimate polling in February.

“Our polls are the most comprehensive and detailed ever carried out in Nigeria. Our results are peer reviewed for rigour and robustness, and our sampling ensured that any chance of inadvertent bias was eliminated,” the poll coordinators added.

https://www.sunnewsonline.com/obi-beats-tinubu-atiku-others-in-new-physical-poll-ahead-of-2023-presidential-election/

Obi is a goal

Bloomberg
ANAP
Nextier
And now BantuPage

These groups all conducted different polls and one person always come out tops: Peter Obi!

Let people keep deceiving themselves, they will be in for a shocker I'm this coming elections.

If Peter Obi wins this election, God has given the black man the greatest gift of all times

Come 2023 he will clear the elders.

Unna no dey tire?

Come February, 2023, you will cry blood.

I respectfully call on INEC just like many like minded Nigerians to produce a level playing ground for all the contestants.

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is a man that believe in the Democratic process. Whether you are his fan or not, you can attest to this fact most especially during the primary election. While those that are not prepared were calling for consensus candidate on the party, he remained the only one who opposed that undemocratic practice.

If the election is free and fair, before 2pm, he'll have been a president elect. It's that simple.

The structure is there. Achievements boku.

Online polls is always against him, again, the primary election attest to this.

Political minions can keep masturbating on this, we don't care.

So long as the bed shakes regularly, the home is at peace"

- Chinua Achebe

SmartPolician:

If Peter Obi wins this election, God has given the BLACK RACE ALL OVER THE EARTH the greatest gift of all times

Respectfully corrected bro.

I am very positive God will lift us up this time for good.

Obaofaba:
Unna no dey tire?

Come February, 2023, you will cry blood.

I respectfully call on INEC just like many like minded Nigerians to produce a level playing ground for all the contestants.

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is a man that believe in the Democratic process. Whether you are his fan or not, you can attest to this fact most especially during the primary election. While those that are not prepared were calling for consensus candidate on the party, he remained the only one who opposed that undemocratic practice.

If the election is free and fair, before 2pm, he'll have been a president elect. It's that simple.

The structure is there. Achievements boku.

Online polls is always against him, again, the primary election attest to this.

Political minions can keep masturbating on this, we don't care.

Obaofaba is likely one of the infamous urchin on this platform using multiple s. Mods should take note.

Meanwhile emilokan has released another banger.

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His urchins can't make a down payment with roasted corn.

Lol

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online poll/registration. ObI will carry 3RD place position

Lol, why these people deceiving obi?

someone far away from Nigeria will make a pull and less than a population of 4 wards with less than 20k people including those without pvc will vote and someone that doesn't want to understand how Nigeria political space is being controlled and manipulated here will be jubilating.
Is like many kids are in this politics section?
As long as Nigeria is using same type of system, that keep on repeating same old politicians in power, online polls are very useless. The real election manipulations are in the rural areas and within the locals. And the old guys know how to get them. Nothing will change.

Another Fabu.

Meanwhile I have been asking the hateful Zombiedients if Tinubu is responsible for their misfortune, they can't respond till now. I mean Tinubu isn't any of SE governors nor part of any federal . So what's with the obsession? Na madness? If you're misfortune, face your Governor. Tinubu didn't rule you or your papa nor was he a part of any federal . As simple as Abc.

As a matter of fact, it was Obi and Atiku who were previously in the federal and were both shambolic. Obi was part of Gej's federal and was the one who chaired the shambolic privatisation of our electricity disco after it was bought back from the previous Atiku's shambolic privatisation. All these are still affecting Nigerians today.

Obi was also fingered as the master planner behind Madueke's corruption at the federal, as confessed by the arrested fidelity Md, Okonkwo.

These are all what you should be talking about, Not Tinubu who didn't rule you or your papa.

Instead of facing your governor in your region, you're crying over Tinubu whose Lagos keep soaring. Before Tinubu in 1999, there was no development of Lekki, Ajah, Banana Island, Magodo, Eko atlantic city etc. Tinubu ensured their development.

Before Tinubu in 1999, Lagos igr was nothing to write about until Tinubu came in and revamped Lagos economy to the 4th largest in Africa and we're yet to add Tinubu's Lekki trade Zone, the best in Africa.

Thus all you Biafra people can cry me a river. Tinubu isn't a Biafra man or responsible for your misfortune. Learn to face those who are responsible for your woes.

It is obvious.

Lol person wey no fit win one single state for Nigeria Dey always win with wide mergin online Make una Dey play coz LP can’t even win in Anambra

ipobarecriminals:
online poll/registration. ObI will carry 3RD place position

Obidatti all the way

Peter Obi is the next President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Even Tinubu, Festus Keyamo and Reno Omokiri are aware of it.

Only a generational mad family will vote Thiefnubuuu for President

Atiku Abubakar is the next President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

Atiku should just surrender this wasteful ambition and allow Obi to beat APC hands down.

APC are well aware of the recent realities...that's why they are sponsoring Ekpa and burning INEC offices in the SE

I don't care what anyone thinks or what the agbado urchins say.

I've never voted before but this time around, I had to struggle to get my PVC.

Only one person has my vote in 2023, Peter Obi.

Peter Obi isn't the messiah but he's way better than Atiku and Tinubu.

We have to get it right in 2023, else, Nigeria will hit its nadir.

If you're a first timer like me and will be voting for Peter Obi, gather here.

Peter Obi winning the Presidential poll is not in doubt. I'm more concerned about Lagos State gubernatorial election. Tinubu's boy-boy Sanwo-Olu cannot continue as Governor after what happened at #EndSARS, plus the menacing agberos.

We need a change in Lagos. We cannot continue waking up by 4 am only to get to work by 8 am. We cannot continue pretending like these things are normal. We must put an end to the chaos and bring back some sanity.

Vote Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour for Governor of Lagos State, Vote for Labour Party.

Obaofaba:
Unna no dey tire?

Come February, 2023, you will cry blood.

I respectfully call on INEC just like many like minded Nigerians to produce a level playing ground for all the contestants.

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is a man that believe in the Democratic process. Whether you are his fan or not, you can attest to this fact most especially during the primary election. While those that are not prepared were calling for consensus candidate on the party, he remained the only one who opposed that undemocratic practice.

If the election is free and fair, before 2pm, he'll have been a president elect. It's that simple.

The structure is there. Achievements boku.

Online polls is always against him, again, the primary election attest to this.

Political minions can keep masturbating on this, we don't care.

Evil tryin to console himself. Nigeria must breath a fresh air

SmartPolician:

If Peter Obi wins this election, God has given the black man the greatest gift of all times

Only because the black man used sense and brain that God gave them.

We go shock this people

God bless the in coming president Peter Obi