APC or PDP? Tough Battle as Independent Poll Predicts Winner of Governorship Election in Rivers State in 2023
Ahead of the 2023 general election, a fresh poll by the Anap foundation has predicted the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Siminalayi Fubara, as the winner of the governorship election in Rivers state.
The poll was unveiled on Channels on Monday evening, November 7, by Atedo Peterside, the president and founder of the Anap foundation.
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"Based on our polls, Siminalayi Fubara of the PDP has an early lead in the Rivers State Governorship election race," Peterside said.
However, Peterside noted that the poll shows PDP is not dominating the state even though it's in the early lead.
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Anap poll: List of top Rivers governorship candidates surveyed
- Siminalayi Fubara (PDP)
- Tonye Patrick Cole (APC)
- Magnus Ngei Abe (SDP)
- Dumo Lulu-Briggs (Accord Party)
- Tekena Iyagba (Boot Party)
Anap poll: Breakdown of PDP's Fubara leads
| S/N | Candidates | Senatorial | Districts | ||
| Rivers West | Rivers East | Rivers South | Ranking | ||
| 1. | Siminalayi Fubara (PDP) | 11% | 17% | 14% | 1st |
| 2. | Tonye Patrick Cole (APC) | 19% | 4% | 8% | 2nd |
| 3. | Magnus Ngei Abe (SDP) | 2% | 3% | 18% | 3rd |
| 4. | Dumo Lulu-Briggs (Accord Party) | 6% | 2% | 2% | 4th |
| 5. | Tekena Iyagba (Boot Party) | 1% | 5% | 3% | 5th |
Court gives verdict on Wike's anointed PDP governorship candidate
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that a Federal High Court in Port Harcourt struck out a suit seeking to disqualify the governorship candidate of the PDP in Rivers state, Fubara.
Morgan West, one of the contestants during the PDP governorship primary, had challenged the victory of Fubara during the primary.
In the suit, the PDP chieftain asked the court to stop the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from recognising Fubara as the PDP governorship candidate in Rivers state.
All APC primaries in Rivers state nullified
In a similar development, the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt nullified all the primaries conducted by the APC in Rivers state.
Some aggrieved APC members loyal to the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Senator Magnus Abe, had challenged the conduct of the primaries in court.
Tonye Cole, the APC governorship candidate in Rivers, is also affected by the judgement, which is now set for an appeal.
Sanwo-Olu or Jandor? Anap poll predicts winner of governorship election in Lagos in 2023
Meanwhile, the Anap poll predicted that the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) would win by a clear margin.
The Lagos state governor has a clear lead in all three senatorial districts in Nigeria's commercial capital.
Trailing Sanwo-Olu is the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Azeez Olajide Adediran, aka Jandor, who occupied the second spot.
Source: Legit.ng
