However, by the evening of February 13, Ballard Partners refuted the said survey (Figure 7) which they described as "fraudulent" and maintained that they had not "conducted any survey research on behalf of the People’s Democratic Party of Nigeria".
Sùgbọ́n ní ìrólẹ́ ọjọ́ 13 oṣù Èrèlé, Ballard Partners ní àbájáde ìwádìí náà kò rí bẹ́ẹ̀ (Atọ́ka 7) tí wọ́n ṣe àpèjúwe rẹ̀ gẹ́gẹ́ bí i "jìbìtì", wọ́n sì fi ìdíi rẹ̀ múlẹ̀ pé àwọn kò "ṣe ìwádìí kankan fún ẹgbẹ́ òṣèlú PDP".