Sahara Reporters wants your opinion: which presidential aspirant spoke best at tonight's APC convention?
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In a Facebook poll of 4,576 respondents, 82.7% chose “Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.)”. How we count
Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.)
82.7%3,783
Governor Rochas Okorocha
7.6%349
Former Vice President Atiku
4.3%196
Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso
4%184
Sam Nda-Isaiah, publisher of Leadership newspapers
1.4%64
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This wasn't a contest — it was a coronation by margin. Buhari opened with 83% and closed at 82.7%, an 11-to-1 rout over his nearest challenger, Okorocha, who managed just 7.6%. Atiku and Kwankwaso split the also-ran vote almost evenly at 4.3% and 4%, while Sam Nda-Isaiah barely registered at 1.4%.
The real story is who showed up to vote at all: 3,780 of Buhari's 3,783 votes came from people with no fan connection to him, and the diaspora — UK, US, Canada, South Africa — backed him just as hard as Nigeria did. A genuinely global consensus, not a fanbase turnout.
- 11-to-1 blowout · Buhari's 82.7% dwarfed second-place Okorocha's 7.6%.
- Not a fan vote · 3,780 of Buhari's votes came from non-fans, only 3 from fans.
- Global consensus · Nigeria, UK, US, Canada, South Africa all leaned Buhari.
- Bottom three squeezed · Atiku, Kwankwaso, and Nda-Isaiah combined for under 10%.
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