2023 Presidency: List of Polls That Predict Victory for Tinubu

2023 Presidency: List of Polls That Predict Victory for Tinubu

  • Ahead of the forthcoming election, several electoral polls have been conducted by different organisations that predict various candidates will win
  • In the polls, about four predicted that Bola Tinubu of the APC would win the February 25 presidential election
  • The first prediction of Tinubu's victory was in October 2022 when Economic Intelligence Unit said he would succeed President Muhammadu Buhari

Bola Tinubu, the presidential flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been projected to win the forthcoming election by different opinion polls.

Just like his counterparts, such as Peter Obi of the Labour Party and Atiku Abubakar, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), are projected to win the election in some polls.

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Names of top polls that predict Bola Tinubu's victory in Saturday's election. Photo Credit: Bola Ahmed Tinubu
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Some of the polls that projected Tinubu would win the election are listed below:

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Data Analysts Poll

The latest is the Data Analysts Poll which forecasts the APC candidate as the February 25 presidential election winner.

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The poll tipped Tinubu above other presidential candidates, citing four key variables: class, political geography, religion and resources.

The Nigerian Human Rights Community (NHRC) Poll

The NHRC is another poll that predicted an outright win for Tinubu in 17 states citing information obtained from 19,365 people as of January.

According to Taiwo Adeleye, the NHRC secretary-general, 7,940 (41%) of the people interviewed in the 774 LGAs of the 36 states and the federal capital territory (FCT) preferred Tinubu.

Fitch Poll

Another international organisation, Fitch Solutions Country Risk and Industry Research, tipped Tinubu of the APC above other presidential candidates.

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While maintaining that Tinubu is most likely to be announced as the election winner, the research institute did not rule out the possibility of a run-off election.

Economic Intelligence Unit Poll

The success of Bola Tinubu in the February 25 election was also predicted by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) in a country report in October 2022.

The EIU predicted that Atiku Abubakar, the presidential torchbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), would win the 2019 presidential election.

Atiku, Tinubu: "I saw Peter Obi crying," influential pastor makes fresh revelation ahead of poll

Legit.ng earlier reported that Bishop Feyi Daniels of the IReign Christian Family has predicted that Bola Tinubu of the APC would be announced as the winner of the 2023 presidential election.

The cleric also disclosed that he saw Peter Obi, the presidential torchbearer of the Labour Party, crying in his revelation because he lost the poll.

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According to the Bishop, Atiku Abubakar of the PDP will never be President of Nigeria, and he told him that in 2019.

Coup: Powerful pastor reveals fresh prophecy, speaks on actual danger ahead

Primate Ayodele of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church has said there would be a crisis in the country if Bola Tinubu of the APC and his counterpart in the Labour Party, Peter Obi, do not win the election.

The cleric said that the fate of Nigeria would be determined by INEC, adding that the electoral commission must ensure the election was free and fair.

Ayodele also dismissed the possibility of a military coup overthrowing the civilian government elected by the people.

Source: Legit.ng

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Bada Yusuf (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Yusuf Amoo Bada is an accomplished writer with 7 years of experience in journalism and writing, he is also politics and current affairs editor with Legit.ng. He holds B.A in Literature from OAU, and Diploma in Mass Comm. He has obtained certificates in Advance Digital Reporting, News Lab workshop, Journalism AI Discovery. He previously worked as Editor with OperaNews. Legit’s Best Editor of the Year for Politics and Current Affairs Desk (2023). Contact: bada.yusuf.amoo@corp.legit.ng