Legit Poll: Nigerians Predict Who Will Win 2023 Governorship Election in Rivers State

Legit Poll: Nigerians Predict Who Will Win 2023 Governorship Election in Rivers State

Rivers state - Ahead of the 2023 governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections, Nigerians on social media have predicted who will succeed Governor Nyesome among the top three candidates in Rivers state.

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Though many political parties and candidates are participating in the election, three among them are considered to have brighter chances of winning the poll.

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APC's Tonye Cole is predicted to emerge as the winner in the 2023 governorship election in Rivers state. Photo credits: Tonye Cole, Magnus Abe, Sir Siminalayi Fubara
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The top three candidates are:

  1. Tonye Cole, All Progressives Congress (APC)
  2. Siminalayi Fubara, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
  3. Magnus Abe, Social Democratic Party (SDP)

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2023 Rivers guber: Nigerians on social media predict APC's Tonye Cole to win

In a poll conducted by Legit.ng on Twitter, 42.8% of the respondents said Tonye Cole, the candidate of the APC will win the election while 31.1% went for Magnus Abe of the SDP.

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The remaining 26.1% said the governorship candidate of the PDP, Siminalayi Fubara, will win the poll.

Legit.ng notes that this is simply a poll to provide an insight into the possible voting pattern. The winner will be officially declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) after the poll on Saturday.

Source: Legit.ng

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Nurudeen Lawal (Head of Politics and Current Affairs Desk) Nurudeen Lawal is an AFP-certified journalist with a wealth of experience spanning over 8 years. He received his B/Arts degree in Literature-in-English from OAU. Lawal is the Head of the Politics/CA Desk at Legit.ng, where he applies his expertise to provide incisive coverage of events. He was named the Political Desk Head of the Year (Nigeria Media Nite-Out Award 2023). He is also a certified fact-checker (Dubawa fellowship, 2020). Contact him at lawal.nurudeen@corp.legit.ng or +2347057737768.