Opponents of Congo's Kabila lead presidential race - poll

FILE PHOTO: Moise Katumbi, governor of Democratic Republic of Congo's mineral-rich Katanga province, arrives for a two-day mineral conference in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo March 24, 2014. REUTERS/Kenny Katombe//File Photo

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Two opponents of Congolese President Joseph Kabila jointly lead a race to replace him in an election due in December, according to a public opinion poll released on Tuesday.

Millionaire businessman Moise Katumbi, a former governor of the country's copper-producing region who says he will return from a two-year exile on Friday, would receive 19 percent of the vote, as would Felix Tshisekedi, who leads Congo's largest opposition party, the poll showed.