Ahead of the ruling All Progressive Congress’s presidential primary, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was tipped as the favorite for the party’s ticket in a now-deleted survey conducted by TVC, a Nigerian media channel.
On its official Twitter account Wednesday, the Television Station, which is apparently controlled by Tinubu, held an APC primary-themed poll, asking, “Now that Atiku has emerged as the PDP presidential candidate, who should APC field as their flag bearer?”
The list included Rotimi Amaechi, the former Minister of Transportation, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Senate President Ahmed Lawan, and APC National Leader Bola Tinubu.
After 1,721 votes, Osinbajo took the lead with 43 percent, followed by Tinubu with 40 percent, and Amaechi with 30 percent and Lawan with 9% of the total votes cast, the tweet was deleted, Quest Times reported.
In related news, a Twitter handle “BiggDaaddyy1” known to be a dogged follower of the Asiwaju camp, and who was simultaneously hosting a Twitter space, had to delete his poll which asked: “Refusing Bola Tinubu APC ticket is a betrayal; YES or NO?”.
A total of 1,763 people voted; 73 voted NO and only 27% voted YES.
This is not the first time the Vice President will defeat his opponents in an opinion poll, ODUDUWA NEWS reported.