The Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says the recent Gallup poll conducted by NOI Polls Limited contained unrealistic permutations.
The council said research in recent years had shown that NOI Polls had been off-balance during critical election periods.
In a statement yesterday in Abuja by its Director of Media and Publicity, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, the campaign council said: “The attention of the APC Presidential Campaign Council has been drawn to a poll conducted by the NOI polls, which made wild and incredible permutations on the (2023) presidential election.
“We are unperturbed by these dubious and unreliable statistics because our research shows that NOI Polls have been off the mark at critical election periods in recent times.
“For example, preparatory to the March 2015 presidential election, NOI published in October 2014 the results of a “Viability Poll” which used the concepts of Familiarity and Net Favourability Position to survey.
“In the results, NOI claimed that President Goodluck Jonathan had the best overall familiarity rating at 99 percent and a Net Favorability Probability of ±25.
“By contrast, NOI dismissed the then APC candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, as a ‘borderline candidate’ who needed ‘huge public relations’ to shore up his performance. But when the Nigerian people went to the polls, who won? The APC candidate and now President Muhammadu Buhari.”
