Poll predicts Peter Obi will win 2023 presidential elections; Tinubu to finish second

Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party is projected to win the 2023 presidential elections according to a poll commissioned by Anap Foundation and conducted by NOI Polls Limited in December 2022.

The poll revealed that Peter Obi beat the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu to second while Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) trailed at third.

Dr. Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) came fourth in the poll, according to Legit.ng.

23 percent of respondents said they will vote for Peter Obi if elections were held today while 13 percent of respondents said they will vote for Tinubu who fell in second place.

Atiku came third with 10% while Kwankwaso came a distant fourth with 2% of voters proposing to vote for him.

The poll also shows the geopolitical zones the candidates are likely to win.

Peter Obi is projected to win southeast, south-south and north-central and lose northeast, northwest and southwest. Tinubu is projected to win southwest and lose other geopolitical zones, according to Legit.ng.

He is, however, projected to have a strong showing in the northeast and northwest, closely trailing Atiku.

Atiku is projected to win northeast and northwest and lose the remaining zones. Kwankwaso is projected not to win any geopolitical zone.

Recalls that Anap Foundation had released a similar poll in September in which Obi also led the other 17 candidates.