About 150 million Nigerians in a country of approximately 300 million people are registered to vote in what many experts have deemed the most vital election in Africa’s most populous and largest economy.
In many voting precincts, there were occasional issues with voting ballots, and in some cases, Peter Obi’s name was missing from the presidential ballot as many Obi supporters claimed.
The Chief Observer of the European Union Observation Mission to Nigeria, Barry Andrews, told CNN it was premature to make any conclusions about widespread delays.
“We’ve taken note of those reports and we will look across the country to see whether this a pattern or whether it has in any way hindered the exercise of people’s political rights to vote or caused frustration or caused people to turn away. For the moment, it’s premature to make any conclusions about it.”
Peter Obi the Labour Party candidate appears to be the youth’s favorite candidate, and he appears to defy all odds and rosed to become a leading candidate in a presidential election, which has typically been a two-horse race between the ruling PDP and APC opposition parties.
Millions of Nigerians believe that Peter Obi, the third candidate from the Labour Party, whom they see as the only one to offer genuine change.
“Obi is the choice for Nigeria. We expected so much from previous leaders,” said Stephen Franklin, 36, voting in Port Harcourt. “We see Obi as capable of taking the country to the next level, we want to give him our trust.”
Norbert Okeke, 42, a motor parts salesman said he would stay as long as necessary to vote for Peter Obi.
“I am staying here until I vote with my conscience. Even until 3:00 am, I will be here,” he said. “The current government has disappointed everyone. We want a new Nigeria.”
Osayande Aghaze receives Peter Obi in US
A recent poll conducted for Bloomberghttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-28/who-will-win-nigeria-s-presidential-election-peter-obi-leads-in-opinion-poll?leadSource=uverify%20wall by Premise Data Corp has indicated that Former Governor of Anambra state and Nigerian businessman, Peter Obi, is the top pick for Nigeria’s next president.
The results, which were published 15 days before the elections scheduled for February 25, 2023, showed that two-thirds of respondents said they plan to vote for Obi, who is running as a third-party candidate. Despite this, both the ruling All Progressives Congress and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party argue that Obi cannot win due to his appeal being too thinly spread across the country’s states.
