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A group that operates under the identity- Online Bloggers Association of Nigeria has put Labour Candidate Ifeanyi Uba ahead of other contestants in the upcoming gubernatorial election in Anambra state.
The group made this assertion via an opinion poll it conducted.
This revelation was made this known via a statement issued by the head, research of the association- Mr Malik Ibitoye.
In the statement Ibitoye explained that ‘for the purpose of the opinion poll, 9,600 questionnaires were randomly administered to respondents who had attained the 18-year voting age and above in the three Senatorial districts.
“Only 7,900 out of the 9,600 questionnaires were processed at the end of the two-week polling exercise which ended on Wednesday, last week, as the respondents provided all the measurable answers that were germane to the analysis of the data supplied.
“We were able to process 3,400 questionnaires in North Senatorial District; 4,000 questionnaires in Anambra Central and 1,600 questionnaires in Anambra South and the choices were among the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) candidate, Sen Chris Ngige ; the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Nicholas Chukwuejekwu Ukachukwu and Labour candidate, Dr ifeanyi Uba
“The analysis of the responses as to whom the respondents would likely vote for on Saturday Oct 20 showed that the candidate of the Labour Party, Dr uba, was the most preferred in All the 3 Senatorial Districts with as Much as 72percent of the respondents preferring him.
Ibitoye noted that “in Anambra north, out of the 2,400 respondents, 2,000 respondents sampled indicated preference for the Labour candidate, 340 respondents representing indicated preference for the PDP candidate while 60respondents indicated preference for the Action Congress candidate,in Anambra Central Out of the 3,000 respondents Labour Candidate was preferred by 2,180 in, 196 respondents indicated their preference for the ACN candidate while 376respondents indicated preference for the PDP candidate. “In Anambra South where 2,900 respondents were sampled, 1,467 indicated their preference for the Labour candidate while 100 respondents indicated preference for the PDP candidate. 333 respondents indicated preference for the ACN candidate.”
Ibitoye shed light that the analysis of the responses, especially where they were asked the reason(s) for their preferences, showed that past Humanitarian Records of the Labour Candidate and the fact that unlike other parties,Labour had put his house in order.
According to Malik the final analysis showed that Labour had 72percent of the Voters while People Democratic party had 10percent and Action Congress had 18percent,He disclosed that before the Election 1 more polls will be conducted by the Group for October a week to the elections.
The Online Bloggers Association of Nigeria, is said to be made up of bloggers in the country.
The opinion poll result was released on Tuesday 9th october 2012.
