Former Vice President and leading presidential hopeful of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar has trounced President Muhammadu Buhari in an online poll.
In the first poll online poll conducted since the Buhari administration marked its third anniversary on May 29, Atiku polled 43% as against Buhari’s 35%. Blogger and online newspaper publisher, Omoyele Sowore and former deputy governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr Kingsley Moghalu polled 7% and 15% respectively.
In the Twitter poll conducted within 24 hours of President Buhari’s celebration of his third year anniversary via @markessien handle, respondents were asked a straightforward question: “Who would you vote for in 2019 Presidential Election?”
An overwhelming majority of the 9,067 respondents voted for Atiku, giving him an 8% edge over President Buhari as at the close of voting Wednesday morning.
The poll is coming on the heels of latest NOI Poll which shows that the Buhari administration’s popularity has dropped to 41%.
