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December 21, 2010

PRIMARIES: Atiku leads Jonathan in PDP opinion poll

By Henry Umoru
THE Presidential opinion poll on the website of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has placed former Vice- President, Atiku Abubakar as leading President Goodluck Jonathan in the presidential “war” with 22 votes.

According to the poll, Atiku scored 677 votes out of 1,396 votes, representing 48.5 per cent of the votes, while Jonathan scored 655, representing 46.9 per cent.

3.4 percent of the voters, that is 46 did not believe in either of the candidates, even as nine of the voters, representing  0.6 per cent, were yet to decide.

Meanwhile, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, North-Central will today, in line with 20 governors of the party, endorse President Jonathan in Nasarawa State.

It will be recalled that delegates of the PDP are preparing to get a candidate for the party January 13, even as it is not too clear where the pendulum will shift to or if the figures will remain or change.

Also recall that at the end of last week’s National Executive Committee, NEC, of the party, PresidentJonathan’s aspiration got a boost when  20 out of the 27 governors produced by the PDP endorsed him.

His endorsement for a single term of four years was announced by the Governor of Katsina State, Alhaji Ibrahim Shema, on behalf of his colleagues.