Atedo Peterside, president of the Anap Foundation, says he will cast his vote for Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP).

Peterside, who spoke during a programme aired on Arise TV on Wednesday, said his support for the LP candidate did not influence the integrity of presidential polls carried out by his organisation.

Anap is one of the most consistent and prominent pollsters conducting opinion polls ahead of the general election in Nigeria.

The organisation released three periodical polls on the presidential election in the past six months in which Obi maintained a lead in all.

The polls have generated mixed reactions among politicians across the country, with the All Progressives Congress (APC) once dismissing the methodology used as “deliberately skewed”.

Reacting to the misgivings, Peterside accused politicians of being discriminatory with acceptance of poll results.

He said Anap held polls for some governorship elections where results showed their candidates were ahead, and they accepted those but disagreed when it went against them.

The Anap founder added that partisanship has never influenced the results of NOI polls since 2015 till date.

“In 2015, I worked with Jonathan and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as his coordinating minister. We did an ANAP Foundation report stating that Muhammadu Buhari was ahead of him in the poll. There was fury in the villa from some people. But I said, integrity is not about being a member of one government or the other,” Peterside said.

“In 2019, I made it clear I was supporting Atiku over Buhari again, and the poll showed PDP was behind also. Some members of the party also criticised it.”

Peterside stated why he would vote for Obi ahead of other presidential candidates.

“I know the three of them quite well, and if I have to make a choice. Let us say a first among equals. To answer why I would vote Peter Obi is because it represents a new way, a new path. And not because you are saying a new path is better,” he said.

“But I even like the idea of a government that does not have the absolute majority in the parliament because we have seen that absolute majority abused.

“Where people bring rubbish economic policies and it’s rubber-stamped by their whole party. They put Nigeria aside and they approve it. I prefer an arrangement where nobody controls the national assembly and any policies there brought there must be in the national interest or there would be a bloodbath.

“On the individual, people said he has no federal experience and I disagree slightly. I served with Peter Obi on the economic management team of former president Goodluck Jonathan for four years. It was like a period of tutelage. If he was always on the wrong side of every economic argument, I would never vote for him. I believe there is a new arrangement that he represents.”

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We know that sir. Millions of patriotic Nigerians are supporting Peter Obi just like you so that our dear country can work and move forward. A vote for Obi is a vote for progress.

Who cares?

Everybody collecting money from Peter Obi for election He can't win.

Please like if you have pvc

People Obi is for the people so there's no way our vote will waste wether he wins or not.. but definitely he will win

Damn!

A real niggar Must Stop explaining to irrelevant things on why he prefers another real niggar like Obi

duro4chang:
Who cares?

Pains.

Don't worry son, you'll be fine by Saturday evening

Sai Atiku

This one is just deceiving himself

Thank You Sir and that is why...

Nigerians have also chosen President Peter Obi(GCFR)

W

Story story. We don’t need this shalaye again Mr. ANAP. Keep your hypocritical explanation to yourself. Election will hold on Saturday and Peter Obi will lose. You can go and explain to him in tears after the election.

He don dey confess


As for seun, we beg you to employ enough MODs after Saturday.

You will see thousands of newly registered monikers will start biafra agitation...Just be dashing them life ban one after the other...una work go plenty

Nairaland says no to secessionist.

He will fail

dedonfranco:
Everybody collecting money from Peter Obi for election He can't win.

When did you started loving peter Obi that you are suddenly feeling for him? Why don't you concentrate on your Agbado crooner?

Dey whine yourself.
Na next tomorrow una go begin give account.

Omoawoke:
He don dey confess


As for seun, we beg you to employ enough MODs after Saturday.

You will see thousands of newly registered monikers will start biafra agitation...Just be dashing them life ban one after the other...una work go plenty

Nairaland says no to secessionist.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Shame no go gree then use their old profile

Good. Don't mind Urchíns

You owe agbado and Mikano boys zero explanation. You are on the right path of patriotism.

Peter, peter, peter,
How many times have I called you?
You are the reason why I will vote and
I will trust you with my vote please don't disappoint me.

The best thing you can do for this country is to Vote Peter Obi on Saturday.

Obi cannot fail and if he performs below expectation, it will be very easy to remove him whether by impeachment or denying him a second term.

This man is just saying what he likes.

For those confused Obi cannot win this election. But Saturday is near so all will understand.

If Obi wins kindly quote me after election

dedonfranco:
Everybody collecting money from Peter Obi for election He can't win.

You are a fool if you think pursuing a goal is a pipe dream. Let me not even elevate your status because you may not even be worthy. But did you go to secondary school with the hopes that you will not pass out and continue your life? did you go there and say "Hey, I am in the school but I wont finish because I know I am dull". You are very foolish to think that the person you do not rate high cannot be a winner.

Nemo judex in causa sua.
Man must think everyone is an headless mob .
He can only deceive himself and Zombidients but it's all good, reality will dawn on us all.

This isn't news.

Simon Ekpa being arrested is the biggest deal.

Can't wait for him to be extradited to Nigeria.

He must be roasted.

Good news to Peter Obi... Nobody to intimidate South Easterners again

Good Nigerians vote wisely.
A country with adequate security and accelerated economic development, a country of justice and equity for all of its groups and citizens, that's the type of country we shall vote for next presidential election.
A country of inequity and injustice dies naturally.

ObiDatti is the ticket to vote for.

dedonfranco:
Everybody collecting money from Peter Obi for election He can't win.

So he's no longer a stingy man

Only sane people would vote Obi