Ahead of the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, has been tipped as the frontrunner ahead of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), for the party’s ticket in a now-deleted poll conducted by Kogi Commissioner of information, Kingsley Fanwo.
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar (PDP) and his counterpart Rabiu Kwankwaso (NNPP) were also listed in the poll.
On his Twitter account on Saturday, November 19, the commissioner, an ardent supporter of Tinubu, held a presidential poll, ‘Dear Nigerians, who do you want as your next President?’
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The tweet was deleted after 73,212 individuals voted, with Obi leading with 78 percent. Tinubu trailed him, having garnered 15 percent of the votes. Atiku had four percent, and Kwankwaso had three percent.
Kingsley Fanwo is one of the commissioners of Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, who is also the National Youth Coordinator of the Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council.
This is not the first time Peter Obi will be leading in a presidential poll. In September, a poll, commissioned by Anap Foundation and conducted by NOI Polls Limited, had placed the Labour Party candidate as the winner of the 2023 presidential race — other political parties had kicked against the poll.