By Danlami Nmodu
A poll initiated by Presidential Aide Reno Omokri on his blog Build Up Nigeria evidently to test the popularity of President Goodluck Jonathan ahead of the 2015 general elections has turned out results the presidency would not wish to see.Omokri is an aide to President Jonathan on Social Media.
As at 3.20pm on Sunday October 19th 2014 , General Muhammadu Buhari an aspirant of the opposition All Progressives Congress,APC remained ahead of President Goodluck Jonathan .
The poll asked Nigerians to vote : “ If the Nigerian Presidential election were held today, who would you vote for between President Goodluck Jonathan and General Muhammadu Buhari?”
At the last time Newsdiaryonline checked the the Build Up Nigeria blog where the “BuildUp Nigeria Poll: 2015 Presidential Elections” has been running since October 16,2014 , a total of 22,511 votes had been cast by Nigerians with Buhari garnering 11,153 votes which represents 49.54% .
President Goodluck Jonathan however still trailed with 10,814 representing 48.04% of the votes. A total of 544 votes were ranked among the undecided which represents 2.42% .
Reports on Saturday showed that Buhari was ahead by over 60 percent.But Jonathan’s supporters appear to have joined the voting race to narrow the gap Sunday below as seen below:
