72% of Nigerians polled recently have named Peter Obi as their preferred candidate for the 2023 presidential election, according to an opinion poll commissioned by Bloomberg News.
This is coming barely two weeks after ANAP Foundation in its poll placed the Labour Party flag-bearer as the favourite candidate to win the presidential election.
In the recent development, a clear majority of respondents to the opinion poll conducted for Bloomberg News by Premise Data Corp., said they intend to vote for Obi, a former Anambra state governor.
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The results of the survey conducted were published on Wednesday as the official campaign to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari kicked off.
“Of the 92% of participants who said they’ve decided how to vote, 72% named Obi as their first choice,” Bloomberg reported.
“Of those who are still unsure, 45% said the 61-year-old is their preferred candidate.”
On its methodology, Bloomberg said Premise Data Corp. surveyed 3,973 Nigerians from September 5 – 20.
“Respondents to the app-based poll were selected from quotas developed by age, gender and location across the country’s six geopolitical zones,” the report added.
“Results were then weighted against the original quotas to ensure national representation.”
Quest Times understands the presidential election scheduled for February next year is expected to be a three-horse race between Labour Party’s Obi, the All Progressives Congress’ Bola Tinubu and the Peoples Democratic Party’s Atiku Abubakar.