The Obidient Movement has criticised the senate for rejecting mandatory real-time electronic transmission of election results in the recent the Electoral Act amendment.
In a statement issued on Friday, Yunusa Tanko, national
coordinator of the movement, described the retention of manual collation
provisions as “a direct assault on Nigeria’s democracy” and an attempt to
institutionalise opacity.
Tanko labelled the decision as a deliberate step towards
electoral manipulation in 2027.
He highlighted the controversies of the 2023 general
election, particularly the failure to upload polling unit results to the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) portal due to a reported
technical glitch, arguing that the senate’s latest position seeks to preserve
the same vulnerabilities that undermined public confidence.
“Rejecting mandatory real-time transmission is nothing short
of electoral sabotage,” the statement reads.
“It erodes trust and entrenches the systems that enabled
widespread manipulation in 2023.”
Tanko accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC),
which holds majority control of the national assembly, of double standards,
noting that the party relies on electronic systems for its own internal
primaries while denying Nigerians equivalent transparency in national polls.
He called for a peaceful mass march to the national assembly
to demand that both chambers convene an emergency session and pass legislation
making real-time transmission of polling unit results to the IReV portal
mandatory and non-negotiable.
The national coordinator of the movement said the date and
details of the protest will be announced through the group’s official
communication channels.
He urged Nigerians at home and in the diaspora, civil
society organisations, and the international community to join the resistance
against what he described as “a dangerous regression in democratic standards.”
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