GhanaWeb has intercepted "fake" polls believed to have been sponsored by two candidates in the NPP flagbearer race.

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has officially announced it will go to the polls in January next year to elect its flagbearer for the 2028 elections and apart from former Vice President of Ghana and 2024 Flagbearer, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, who is widely tipped to win the race, other candidates have also announced their intentions to contest but two polls so far released have downplayed their candidature.

However, in a bid to play the optics game and send a signal of support, the two candidates (names withheld), have hurriedly sponsored their own polls which are set to hit the news stands tomorrow, Ghanaweb has discovered.

Interestingly, both sponsored polls are coming out at the same time with one claiming a commanding over 50% lead for one of the candidates while another poll sponsored by a new entrant to the race would claim a ''huge surge'' for that new entrant with a narrative that the race is now a "three-horse race".