Chief Olusola Oke, PDP Candidate
The firm in its final result predicted that the candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olusola Oke, maintained his leading position over the other candidates.
The agency’s results, which is the fourth in the series on the poll, was signed by the Executive Director (Special Projects), Mr. Obi Benedict Ekene.
Ekene said, “Oke for the third consecutive week, topped the chart with 29.5 per cent with the Labour Party candidate, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, in the second position with 21 per cent while the Action Congress of Nigeria candidate, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, came third with 19 per cent.
The scores of other candidates as released by Pollstar are: Oluseyi Ehinlanwo of Congress for Political Change five per cent; Adeyemi Bolarinwa of All Nigeria Political Party, four percent; Oladipo Bolanle Lawrence of National Conscience Party, three per cent; Omoreghe Olatunji of Progressive Party Alliance, 1.6 per cent and Abikanlu James Olusola of Nigeria Social Democratic Party one per cent
The results of the POP however sparked outrage as the LP and ACN rejected it. They described the result as unscientifically conducted because it does not represent the reality on the ground.
However, the PDP through the Special Adviser, Media and Strategy to its candidate, Mr.Kunle Adebayo, said the results had confirmed the popularity of the party in the state.
He said, “The PDP believes in drawing its strength from the people and that is fulcrum upon which Chief Olusola Oke based his campaign agenda. Our manifestoes and core campaign issues are based on how our economic policies could impact directly on the the electorate. That is what the result of the agency has confirmed.
The Director of Publicity and Media Relations of Mimiko Campaign Organisation, Mr Kolawole Olabisi, said the MCO was unperturbed by the result because “the true position of things would come on October 20”.
He said, “We are not worried by whatever opinion poll which must have, from all intent and purposes, been manipulated by one of the political parties to favour it.
“In the last three and a half years, several opinions polls by credible organisations rated Olusegun Mimiko as one of the best governor in the country.
“The countless accolades even from the opposition and from renowned authorities such as the World Bank, World Health Organisation, the United Nations and others from far and wide have been given for the innovative giant strides of Mimiko in Ondo State. These are indications that we have performed and the people themselves are happy with us.
“So we are not worried and as you can all see, we are on the field from morning to evening selling our manifestoes to the people and also inaugurating many projects which the people themselves chose.”
The Director of Media and Publicity of the Independent Campaign Network of the ACN, Bosun Oladimeji, said the result was not a reflection of the reality on the ground.
Oladimeji said, “The fact that the agency had placed the LP in the second position made it a flawed poll in the first instance because the ACN would definitely win the forthcoming poll considering the reality on ground while the PDP would come second.”
LibertyReporter
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