Paul Ibe, spokesman to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, on Sunday said Nigerians know the “wuru wuru” that the Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Deputy Senate President Jibrin Barau did in replacing electronic transmission” with “electronic transfer.”
Ibe said Nigerians won’t be intimidated and allow the Senate to mortgage their democratic rights.
Posting on X, Ibe wrote: “Nigerians won’t be intimidated and have their democratic rights mortgaged by a spineless Senate.
“Nigerians know the wuru wuru that Akpabio, Monguno and Barau did in seeking to replace “electronic transmission” with “electronic transfer.” It will not stand.”
Last week, the passed the Electoral Act 2022 (Repeal and Reenactment) Amendment Bill 2026 through the third reading.
In passing the bill, the upper chamber, however, did not approve the proposed amendment to Clause 60, Subsection 3, of the bill, which sought to make the electronic transmission of election results mandatory.
The rejected provision would have required presiding officers of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to electronically transmit results from each polling unit to the IREV portal in real time, after the prescribed Form EC&A had been signed and stamped by the presiding officer and countersigned by candidates.
