By Chinelo Obogo, Lagos

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, will win the 2023 election if it is conducted today, an NOI opinion poll has shown.

The poll, commissioned by ANAP Foundation, was conducted this month and suggests a three-horse presidential race between Obi, Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) came fourth in the poll and was described as a ‘dark horse’.

The results showed a significant lead for Mr Obi with 21% of voters proposing to vote for him if the presidential election were to be conducted today and 13% each proposing to vote for Tinubu and Abubakar who are both tied in second place.

Kwankwaso came a distant fourth with three per cent of voters proposing to vote for him,” a statement by ANAP foundation announcing the result of the poll shows.

The only poll question that was posed to the respondents was; “Suppose the presidential election is being conducted today, who are you likely to vote for?”

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Four per cent of respondents in the North East said they would vote Obi, while 18 per cent said they would vote Tinubu and 28 per cent said they would vote Atiku.

In the North Central, 16 per cent said they would vote for Obi and Tinubu, while nine per cent said they would vote for Atiku.

In the North West, eight per cent said they would vote Obi, while 15 per cent said they would vote Tinubu and 20 per cent said they would vote Atiku.

In the South East, 68 per cent said they would vote for Obi, while one per cent said they would vote for Atiku.

In the South-South, 46 per cent said they would vote Obi while six per cent said they would vote Atiku and two per cent said they would vote Tinubu.

In the South West, 12 per cent said they would vote Obi while 18 per cent said they would vote Tinubu and four per cent said they would vote Atiku.

Nigeria will hold her presidential elections in February 2023 with campaigns set to start at the end of September.