VP debate: Nigerians react as Peter Obi emerges winner of Legit.ng Twitter poll

The much anticipated vice presidential debate has come and gone, leaving tons of mixed reactions from Nigerians who are looking forward to seeing a tough presidential election in 2019.

And as expected, the debate, which was held on Friday, December 14, 2018, among party vice presidential candidates including the incumbent Professor Yemi Osinbajo, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)'s Peter Obi and three other candidates, dominated the socia media.

From Twitter to Facebook engagement, the reactions are massive, as Nigerians chose who was the best among the five people involved.

Meanwhile, a post-debate Twitter poll conducted by Legit.ng sought the opinion of Nigerians on who had the best moment on stage between PDP's Peter Obi and All Progressives Congress (APC)'s Yemi Osinbajo.

The online poll, which was conducted on Saturday, December 15, 2018, generated 1,933 votes.

By percentage, Obi, a former governor of Anambra state, won by a landslide of 64% to defeat Professor Yemi Osinbajo, who got 34% of the votes. 2% of the votes went to other vice presidential candidates.

See the result on the Twitter:

Below are the reactions on Twitter:

In a similar reaction on Facebook, Nigerians poured out their mind after the fierce debate between the two notable candidates.

See reactions from Facebook users:

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that reactions had trailed the vice presidential debate held on Friday, December 14, which had Vice President Yemi Osinbajo of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Peter Obi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in attendance.

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