Former Vice President Atiku
Abubakar has claimed that he defeated Senate President Bukola Saraki, former
governor of Kano State, Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso in an online poll conducted
by popular blogger, Japheth Omojuwa.
Atiku, who is seeking the ticket
of the PDP ahead of the 2019 general elections said in a statement on
Wednesday by his Media Office that the poll was conducted in the wake of mass
defection of APC members to the PDP, including those eyeing the opposition’s
presidential ticket.
“In the Twitter online poll,
which ended on Tuesday, Atiku Abubakar polled 42 per cent compared to Saraki’s
37 per centand Kwankwaso’s 15 per cent with the other candidates settling for 6
per cent of the votes.
“The poll was conducted on the
heels of the defections of a sizeable number of Senators and members of the
House of Representatives from the ruling APC to the PDP ostensibly to gauge the
popularity of the defectors with presidential ambition versus Atiku as far as
the PDP ticket is concerned.
“Kwankwaso, who is known to have
presidential aspiration decamped to the PDP on Tuesday along with several
others. However, Saraki has not defected to the opposition party though there
are indications that he will follow suit. Atiku had earlier in December of 2017
rejoined the PDP, a party he had helped found at inception in 1998.
“Voters were asked: ‘Who will
emerge the PDP candidate for 2019?’ The choices were listed as Bukola Saraki,
Atiku Abubakar, Rabiu Kwankwaso and Other (Reply with name).
“This is one in a series of polls
in which Atiku has come out tops. In a massive online poll that attracted
almost 30,000 votes, Atiku vanquished President Muhammadu Buhari and other
likely PDP contenders – Governors Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo and Aminu Tambuwal
of Gombe and Sokoto states respectively. The poll was conducted by Senator Ben
Murray-Bruce.
“In answer to the question ‘If
the 2019 Nigerian Presidential election were to hold today and the candidates
are as below, who would you vote for?’, 44% said they would vote for Atiku
Abubakar. This compares to 31% for President Buhari, 17% for Dankwambo and 8%
for Tambuwal.
“This result is also consistent
with a number of recent polls, including those done by well known supporters of
President Buhari, who had following the third anniversary of the administration
on May 29 initiated polls ostensibly to test the popularity of the incumbent
President,” the statement by Atiku media team said.
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