An opinion poll conducted by Holler Africa in collaboration with the independent, not-for-profit group, “Dozie Anambra Professionals†for the 6 February 2010, gubernatorial election in Anambra State yesterday annouced a list of seven leading candidates.
These include: Peter Obi, APGA, (Dr Chris Ngige, AC, Professsor Chukwuma Soludo, PDP, Andy Uba, Labour Party, Mrs Uche Ekwunife, PPA, Chief Okey Nwosu, ADC, and Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu, HDP.
The survey in a statement released by one Jideofor Adibe, was based on 9000 likely voters in the state, and was conducted on December 23-26, 2009 by a combination of telephone calls and direct interviews cutting across different social classes and spread out across the 21 local government areas of the State.
According to the poll, “The total support for candidates outside the above seven is extremely small. We have used ‘Others’ to capture this support in relevant instances
The “Undecided†are those who said they had not made up their minds on which candidate to support. The percentage of this group is again very small, confirming beliefs that people from the state tend to hold and express strong opinionsâ€