BY HENRY UMORU
ABUJA – AHEAD of next month’s elections, the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, President Goodluck Jonathan, may emerge the winner of April 9 Presidential polls, following the opinion poll for this week.
The poll on the election conducted by Pollstar, an Abuja-based survey agency, revealed that of the 14 Presidential candidates, President Goodluck Jonathan of the PDP was in the lead, having scored 21 percent, with Ibrahim Shekarau of the All Nigeria Peoples Party, ANPP, coming closely with 20 percent.
Others are the Presidential candidate of Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, General Muhammadu Buhari, 18 percent and Nuhu Ribadu of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, 17 percent.
Others, according to a statement signed by the Executive Director of Pollstar, Obi Benedict Ekene, showed Patrick Utomi of Social Democratic Mega Party, SDMP, with 12 percent; Dele Momodu of National Conscience Party, NCP, 5.5 percent; Chris Okotie of Fresh Democratic Party, 3.5 percent, among others.
Ekene noted that Poll star, in the conduct of the poll, liaised with four major telecom providers, including MTN, Glo, Airtel and Etisalat in Nigeria, to gather data from approximately 70 million respondents through SMS,

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