Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said he defeated Senate President Bukola Saraki, former governor of Kano State, Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso in an online poll conducted by popular blogger, Japheth Omojuwa.

Atiku who is seeking the ticket of the PDP ahead of the 2019 ‎general elections said in a statement on Wednesday by his Media Office that ‎the poll was conducted in the wake of mass defection of APC members to the PDP including those eyeing the opposition's presidential ticket.

"In the Twitter online poll which ended on Tuesday, Atiku Abubakar polled 42 per cent compared to Saraki’s 37 per centand Kwankwaso’s 15 per cent with the other candidates settling for 6 per centof the votes.

"The poll was conducted on the heels of the defections of a sizeable number of Senators and members of the House of Representatives from the ruling APC to the PDP ostensibly to gauge the popularity of the defectors with presidential ambition versus Atiku as far as the PDP ticket is concerned."

"Kwankwaso, who is known to have presidential aspiration decamped to the PDP on Tuesday along with several others. However, Saraki has not defected to the opposition party though there are indications that he will follow suit. Atiku had earlier in December of 2017 rejoined the PDP, a party he had helped found at inception in 1998.

"Voters were asked: ‘Who will emerge the PDP candidate for 2019?' The choices were listed as Bukola Saraki, Atiku Abubakar, Rabiu Kwankwaso and Other (Reply with name).

"This is one in a series of polls in which Atiku has come out tops. In a massive online poll that attracted almost 30,000 votes, Atiku vanquished President Muhammadu Buhari and other likely PDP contenders – Governors Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo and Aminu Tambuwal of Gombe and Sokoto states respectively. The poll was conducted by Senator Ben Murray-Bruce.

"In answer to the question ‘If the 2019 Nigerian Presidential election were to hold today and the candidates are as below, who would you vote for?’, 44% said they would vote for Atiku Abubakar. This compares to 31% for President Buhari, 17% for Dankwambo and 8% for Tambuwal.

"This result is also consistent with a number of recent polls, including those done by well known supporters of President Buhari, who had following the third anniversary of the administration on May 29 initiated polls ostensibly to test the popularity of the incumbent President," the statement said.

Unblockable:
This man's stupidity is legendary.

I could remember how Eleka 'thrashed' Fayemi here on nairaland some days back. But what happened at the polls? Seems Atiku enjoys being deceived!

Unblockable:
This man's stupidity is legendary.

I could remember how Eleka 'thrashed' Fayemi here on nairaland some days back. But what happened at the polls? Seems Atiku enjoys being deceived!

FarahAideed:


Altered result and true result are not the same thing ... Ekiti result was altered

FarahAideed:


Altered result and true result are not the same thing ... Ekiti result was altered

NgeneUkwenu:
Okay Sir, When Are They Going To Swear You In?

FarahAideed:


Altered result and true result are not the same thing ... Ekiti result was altered

madridguy:
Atiku should collect his certificate of return from the online poll coordinator

FastShipping:
PDP: Atiku vs Kwakwanso vs Shekerau vs Saraki vs Tambuwal (Wike chosen candidtae) vs Markafi. What are the decampees going to tell Nigerians that made them leave APC? I don't think Nigerians are going to believe anything that comes out of their mouth as reason why APC is now a bad party after they left PDP in 2014 and moved enmass to APC.
If you ask me na who I go ask?
They are all shit people


On the APC side, what exactly Buhari going to tell Nigerians why they should trust him again to supervise another four years of hopelessness, insecurity, murders, lawlessness and hunger? I just don't see how Buhari convinces Nigerians again to let him continue with the incompetence of the last three years.

Unblockable:
This man's stupidity is legendary.

I could remember how Eleka 'thrashed' Fayemi here on nairaland some days back. But what happened at the polls? Seems Atiku enjoys being deceived!

gbam!
Atiku the President of Federal online republic

limeta:
Saraki is more focus
He is a born leader as proven in the past 3 yrs as the senate leader
we must not waste another 4 years on Athiku when we ve a credible person in the name of Saraki .

madridguy:
Atiku should collect his certificate of return from the online poll coordinator

Unblockable:
This man's stupidity is legendary.

I could remember how Eleka 'thrashed' Fayemi here on nairaland some days back. But what happened at the polls? Seems Atiku enjoys being deceived!

Kingosytex:
Thesame way Eleka of Ekiti defeated Fayemi in an online poll, elections are not done on social media but in an offline poll specifically in Aso Rock. Ask Fayose/Eleka, they will tell you more