The Peoples Democratic Party’s Presidential candidate, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has a slight edge over his All Progressives Congress’ counterpart, Muhammed Buhari, in a new poll powered by the telephony giant MTN Communictions Limited.
Jonathan, who is the incumbent president, has main rival in Buhari, in a contest which all polls and predictions project a tight race.
According to the poll, while the PDP leads with 50 per cent of votes polled, the APC followed closed with 50 per cent, while the rest of the other parties garnered 1 per cent.
In the opinion poll, conducted via mobile phones, subscribers to the MTN network were asked,
If 2015presidential election is held today, which party are you likely to vote?
A-PDP
B-APC
C-UDP
D-ACPN
txt A,B,C or D to 33028.
After voting, the subscriber is asked to text PRS to 33028 to get the instant result of the poll up to the time he voted. By the time of this report, 8.53 PM on Sunday, less than 4000 persons had voted.
