Peter Obi, a former governor of Anambra State and a presidential contender on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform, has been tipped as the most popular candidate among 14 others for the 2023 election. The results of an independent poll have been disclosed.
NexTier, a multi-competency consultancy organization, and Data-Tier, a data analytics and digital communications firm, collaborated on the poll.
According to the poll's organizers, the sample population consisted of voting-age Nigerians in Nigeria and the Diaspora, with respondents drawn at random from each of the country's six geographic zones.
The poll's goal, according to Nextier and DataTier, was to "gauge Nigerians' choices for a presidential candidate; to identify the difficulties Nigerians want the next government to handle as soon as possible; and to decode to what extent ethnic gender prejudices would impact the next election."
The poll included fifteen leading presidential candidates from the country's two major political parties.
Peter Obi, Yemi Osinbajo, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar, Musa Rabiu Kwankwaso, Nyesom Wike, Godwin Emefiele, Rotimi Amaechi, and Kayode Fayemi are the members of the delegation.
Anyim Pius Anyim, Ogbonnaya Onu, Bukola Saraki, Aminu Tambuwal, Goodluck Jonathan, and Abubakar Malami are among the other candidates.
In the end, nearly half of the respondents (46.04 percent) chose Peter Obi as their favorite presidential candidate in 2023.
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With 27.84 percent, incumbent Vice President Yemi Osinbajo came in second, followed by Ahmed Bola Tinubu, former Lagos State governor and national head of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
According to the poll's findings, none of the other candidates received more than 7% of the vote.
Obi, who campaigned as a running mate for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in the 2019 presidential election, is one of the PDP's major presidential candidates.
About 16 additional candidates are vying for the party's ticket. The date for the primary has been set for May 28 and 29.
Atiku Abubakar; Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal; Nwachukwu Anakwenze, a US-based medical doctor; Dele Momodu, a newspaper publisher; Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike; Mohammed Hayatu-Deen, an investment banker and economist; former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi; Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel; former Senate President, Anyim Pi
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State; Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State; former Abia governor and serving senator, Orji Kalu; former Imo governor and senator, Rochas Okorocha; and vice president Yemi Osinbajo, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Transport Minister Rotimi Amaechi, Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, among others, have all expressed interest in clinching the APC presidential ticket.
According to the poll, the most significant attributes desired in the next president are knowledge (17.89 percent), ability to solve problems (17.39 percent), and capability (17.39 percent) (16.47 percent).
According to the poll, respondents chose Aminu Tambuwal (28.05 percent), Musa Kwankwaso (19.27 percent), and Peter Obi as their three most favoured vice presidential candidates (16.27 percent).
None of the other contenders managed to get more than 7% of the vote.
The goal of the poll, according to the organizers, was to find out who was the most popular candidate among the many who have expressed interest in running for president.
They also want to know what Nigerians think their biggest development challenge is.
The poll responses, however, were biased to Nigeria's southern areas, according to the report, with nearly half of the respondents (43.04 percent) from the South East region and more than one in four respondents (27.62 percent) from the South West region.
The responders from the South-South area accounted for 13.06 percent of the total.
It went on to say that the North East had the lowest percentage at 3%, followed by the North West at 6%. Only 8% of the total replies came from the North Central region.
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