Tinubu campaign rejects NOI poll, says result 'dubious'
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council has reacted to the recent poll conducted by the NOI Polls which placed Labor's Peter Obi in the lead in the presidential race.
The poll, commissioned by the ANAP Foundation, was conducted this month and suggests a three-horse presidential race between Mr. Obi, Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). ).< /p>
The NOI poll gave Mr. Obi a 21% chance of winning the 2023 presidential election if it were to be held today; while Messrs. Both Tinubu and Atiku are tied for second with 13%.
However, in a statement released Thursday by Bayo Onanuga, one of the APC's campaign council spokespersons, the campaign team rejected the poll's result.
Mr. Onanuga said the poll made "wild and unbelievable permutations on the presidential elections".
Furthermore, Mr. Onanuga questioned the statistical methodology of the poll and the accuracy of past polls by NOI.
He said the council "is not troubled by these dubious and unreliable statistics, as our research shows that NOI polls have been off the mark during critical election times in recent times.
>"For example, in preparation for the March 2015 presidential elections, the NOI released the results of a "viability survey" in October 2014 that used the concepts of familiarity and net preference position to probe.
"In the results, NOI claimed that President Goodluck Jonathan had the highest overall familiarity score at 99% and a net preference probability of ±25.
"In contrast, the NOI dismissed then-All Progressives Congress candidate Muhammadu Buhari as a 'borderline candidate' who needed 'enormous public relations' to shore up his performance," he said. -he declared.
Furthermore, Mr. Onanuga accused the organization behind the poll of being “anti-APC,” noting that the platform owner has an ulterior motive for the poll.
According to Onanuga, the poll deployed false statistics to arrive at the result.
"Our objective profiling of NOI Polls as an anti-APC research organization is based on the above facts and that is why we believe this present report is, in the language of Nigerians," *wuruwuru at the answer".
"The NOI chose the preferred candidate and decided to use dubious fake statistics to present him to Nigerian voters.
“We actually know the owners of NOI and their political interests and wish to advise NOI to stop polluting the political system with irresponsible, unscientific and biased polling so as not to expose the puppeteers who pull its strings,” Mr. Onanuga said.
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council has reacted to the recent poll conducted by the NOI Polls which placed Labor's Peter Obi in the lead in the presidential race.
The poll, commissioned by the ANAP Foundation, was conducted this month and suggests a three-horse presidential race between Mr. Obi, Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). ).< /p>
The NOI poll gave Mr. Obi a 21% chance of winning the 2023 presidential election if it were to be held today; while Messrs. Both Tinubu and Atiku are tied for second with 13%.
However, in a statement released Thursday by Bayo Onanuga, one of the APC's campaign council spokespersons, the campaign team rejected the poll's result.
Mr. Onanuga said the poll made "wild and unbelievable permutations on the presidential elections".
Furthermore, Mr. Onanuga questioned the statistical methodology of the poll and the accuracy of past polls by NOI.
He said the council "is not troubled by these dubious and unreliable statistics, as our research shows that NOI polls have been off the mark during critical election times in recent times.
>"For example, in preparation for the March 2015 presidential elections, the NOI released the results of a "viability survey" in October 2014 that used the concepts of familiarity and net preference position to probe.
"In the results, NOI claimed that President Goodluck Jonathan had the highest overall familiarity score at 99% and a net preference probability of ±25.
"In contrast, the NOI dismissed then-All Progressives Congress candidate Muhammadu Buhari as a 'borderline candidate' who needed 'enormous public relations' to shore up his performance," he said. -he declared.
Furthermore, Mr. Onanuga accused the organization behind the poll of being “anti-APC,” noting that the platform owner has an ulterior motive for the poll.
According to Onanuga, the poll deployed false statistics to arrive at the result.
"Our objective profiling of NOI Polls as an anti-APC research organization is based on the above facts and that is why we believe this present report is, in the language of Nigerians," *wuruwuru at the answer".
"The NOI chose the preferred candidate and decided to use dubious fake statistics to present him to Nigerian voters.
“We actually know the owners of NOI and their political interests and wish to advise NOI to stop polluting the political system with irresponsible, unscientific and biased polling so as not to expose the puppeteers who pull its strings,” Mr. Onanuga said.
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