As preparation continue for next Saturday’s Anambra State governorship election, an opinion poll conducted by Pollstar Opinion Poll and Survey (a policy, politics, economy, business and consultancy outfit) revealed that All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Sen. Dr. Chris Ngige leads other candidates as favourite who may likely win the election.

The opinion poll revealed that Chief Willie Obiano of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), came second, Comrade Tony Nwoye of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) came third, while Labour Party’s (LP) Ifeanyi Ubah came fourth.

Others who followed the leaders included Godwin Ezeemo of the Progressive People’s Alliance (PPA) with 10 per cent; Ifeatu Ekelem of Advanced Congress of Democrats (ACD) with 5 per cent; Basil Iwuoba of PPN (3 per cent); Prince Akanegbu of UPP (2.5 per cent); Anayo Arinze of ACD (1.5 per cent) while the remaining 3.5 percent was shared by the remaining candidates.

In the poll result made available to reporters in Awka yesterday, Ngige’s APC scored 27 per cent, Obiano’s APGA polled 21 per cent while Nwoye’s PDP had 15 per cent.

“Key factors that will determine the election outcome include pedigree, organisational capacity, emotional attachment and to a larger extent, the political party platform.

“In organising this opinion poll on Anambra 2013 governorship election, our major aim is to instill further the spirit of sportsmanship into the election, which has characterised Anambra election in recent times, and to separate the real contenders from the pretenders.

“We have therefore exercised the highest level of objectivity in generating and analysing data, leading to a factual result which reflects the reality on the ground.

“Pollstar is the most respected opinion poll agency in Nigeria with our predictions reflecting close to 99 per cent clarity,” Obi Benedict Ekene, the Executive Director said.