Former Kaduna Central Senator Shehu Sani has says the electronic transmission of election results does not fully guarantee free, fair and credible elections.
Sani said this on Wednesday during an interview on ‘Sunrise
Daily’, a programme on Channels Television.
He was reacting to the recent passage of the Electoral Act.
DAILY POST reports that the Senate on Tuesday approved
electronic transmission of election results, with manual collation retained as
a backup.
Airing his opinion on the Amended Electoral Act, the former
lawmaker said, “Electronic transfer does not mean that we’re going to have 100%
free and fair election. There is no electoral system that those who intend to
rig would not be able to circumvent. Now you have a manual voting and
electronic transfer of results.
“So everywhere you go, if the nation is interested in
organizing free, fair and credible elections, it will hold and if there is the
intent and practice of manipulation, whatever you do they will find a way to
rig it.
“For example, now, you can have laws everywhere that voters
should not be induced with money or anything material for them to vote, they
will still do that and we don’t have the manpower to go to every nook and
cranny to make sure people are not being induced.”
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