For the second time in four months, a new poll concluded in December has shown that the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi is ahead of the three other frontline candidates.

The poll conducted by NOI Polls Limited and commissioned by Anap Foundation showed that Obi leads Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC); Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP).

Anap Foundation President, Atedo Peterside made this known during a live appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Wednesday.

He said the election has moved past a three-horse race, as said in an earlier poll released in September, to a four-horse race.

Peterside said Obi has 23 percent, Tinubu scored 13, Atiku got 10 and Kwankwaso polled 2 percent in the fresh poll released in December.

“Nobody has gained or lost more than 2, 3 percent. I don’t know whether that is good news or bad news but it is as if nothing has happened fundamentally, no significant shift,” he said.

He said mobile phones were the instruments used to conduct the poll because of increased mobile phone penetration in the country, adding that a large percentage of people are undecided.

Peterside also said the interest level in the next general elections is driven by economic challenges plaguing the nation, poverty, insecurity, amongst others.

He noted that the appetite of the youths in this election is high and carpeted candidates who have dodged presidential debates.

Anap Foundation had released a similar poll in September in which Obi also led the other 17 candidates in the race for Aso Rock’s top job in 2023.

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Peter Obi consolidates lead in a Fragmented Presidential Race

21 December 2022

Ahead of the forthcoming 2023 Presidential elections, a recent nationwide opinion poll commissioned by Anap Foundation and conducted by NOI Polls Limited was concluded in early December 2022. The Poll revealed a significant lead by Mr. Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP), with Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) both trailing him. Dr. Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) emerged as the lone outsider.

The results showed a significant lead for Mr. Peter Obi with 23% of voters proposing to vote for him if the presidential election were to be conducted today; and 13% proposing to vote for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu who fell in second place. Alhaji Abubakar Atiku was third with 10% and Dr. Rabiu Kwankwaso was a distant fourth with 2% of voters proposing to vote for him.

Mr. Peter Obi’s 10%-point lead at this stage is significant, but not sufficient to separate him from a leading pack of candidates scoring 13%, 10% and 2%.

Undecided voters and those who prefer not to reveal their preferred candidate add up to a whopping 29% and 23% respectively. The gender split of undecided voters shows that 38% of women are undecided versus 21% of male voters.

Poll Question: Suppose the presidential election is being conducted today, who are you likely to vote for?

Giving Obi a chance in 2023 would not be largesse to the bespectacled ascetic what is at stake transcends one man he is just a catalyst for the new Nigeria we desire. It is more about the things his emergence would represent: that the people come first, that democracy must indeed be of the people, by the people and for the people.

That anyone can emerge as president no matter what part of the country they come from or how they worship, as long as they are best suited for the job; that people with the sheer power to vote can sack the stale politicians with their shopworn ideas and toxicity.

Nigeria at this time needs a visionary, not an emperor. We must wrest ourselves from the manacles of those who have held us bound and have become entitled to our commonwealth. We must shun prejudices as we forge ahead to become a prosperous nation. We must make this Obi experiment now and turn the tide against the political elite because fortune only favours the brave. It is in our hands.

the interest level in the next general elections is driven by economic challenges plaguing the nation, poverty, insecurity, amongst others.

He noted that the appetite of the youths in this election is high and carpeted candidates who have dodged presidential debates.

Anap Foundation had released a similar poll in September in which Obi also led the other 17 candidates in the race for Aso Rock’s top job in 2023

smokinloud:
If virtual poll is to be followed in Nigeria then Buhari would never become president.

derecho:
OBIdients just left dem to be posting Photoshopped rally pictures. While innovative moves are going on in the grassroots

Racoon:
The revolution is still loading.

smokinloud:
If virtual poll is to be followed in Nigeria then Buhari would never become president.

EtinosaDLaw:


LIE! Buhari smashed virtually every poll online and offline in the build up to the 2015 election. Go back and check

Racoon:
ANAP polls are not fabricated Mr.
Accept reality.

BATified2023:
hope u know stone n wood won buhari in online poll in 2019 n he still won

Go back n check

BATified2023:
another emeka forming northerner

EtinosaDLaw:


LIE! Buhari smashed virtually every poll online and offline in the build up to the 2015 election. Go back and check

Here is empirical proof! https://www.nairaland.com/2119319/nairaland-poll-february-presidential-election#30233980

smokinloud:


NOI POLLS GAVE JONATHAN VICTORY IN 2015 LAD!.

https://saharareporters.com/2022/09/16/noi-poll-gave-jonathan-victory-2015-he-lost-atiku-tinubu-obi-are-no-match-kwankwaso

Salvador1:
u are quoting from what nnpc spokesman said.
Go through their site u will see that buhari defeated gej in their poll in 2015.
Stop listening to lies from a mere spokesman.

BATified2023:
hope u know stone n wood won buhari in online poll in 2019 n he still won

Go back n check

Eniitankorede:
I don’t believe this pole because the figures shown for Obi in north does not reflect reality. Secondly, the places where Obi got 50% like southeast has 5% of voters. Therefore, the hard figures of voters which depends on number of those with PVC shows that Obi’s percentage will not translate to higher voter figures. Furthermore, Atedo Peterside is an Obi supporter, I know they would manipulate the pole by asking more igbos in all areas to vote more than the rest of the people who are in majority. Ethnic bias within same region is what I am seeing in this manipulated pole.

EtinosaDLaw:


Yes and after he won, did the victory reflect in the overall demeanor of the people? NO.

That should tell you that he never won.

ladipo007:
I just laugh when people says obi is leading and he is going to win,pls go to the co-north and do your analysis,this election will be won in the north.obi does not have the spread in the north and that will seriously affect him.

BATified2023:
buhari didn’t win d election but who is your president now?

If u are asked of d name of d president of Nigeria today, who will u mention?

Salvador1:
I have gone through all anap/noi polls from 2011 till date all their polls are replica of what the real results during the election from governorship to presidential election.

Go through their site u will see y APC and PDP are feeling Disturbed cos of these results lately.

I don't need to argue with perpetual urchins that think through their anus.