Chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Mr. Peter Obi, said the rejection by the Nigeria Senate, of mandatory electronic transmission of election results is an unforgivable act of electoral manipulation ahead of 2027.
Obi in a statement on X on Thursday, described the action of the lawmakers as “a deliberate assault on Nigeria’s democracy.”
According to him, by rejecting what regarded as essential transparency measures, the legislators have eroded the very foundation of credible elections.
He wondered whether the government exists to ensure order and justice, or to institutionalise chaos?
“Is its purpose to serve the people, or to fulfil the sinister ambitions of a select few?” Obi asked.
He stated that the disputes, and manipulations that plagued past elections, especially the 2023 general election, were as a result of the failure to fully implement electronic transmission.
“Nigerians were fed excuses of a fabricated ‘glitch’ that never existed,” Obi stated, regretted that while many African nations adopt electronic transmission to bolster democracy, “Nigeria, the supposed giant of Africa, shamelessly lags behind, dragging the continent backwards.”
The former Labour Party ‘s presidential candidate blamed the nation’s problems on the leaders and elite.
“Our deliberate resistance to reform is pulling the country backwards, dragging us toward a primitive state of governance.
“By rejecting mandatory electronic transmission—a critical safeguard for electoral integrity—we are entrenching disorder aimed at perpetuating confusion according to the whims of a small clique,” he said.
He wondered why the leadership is not focusing on building a credible, orderly, and livable nation for the next generation, rather than one permanently ensnared in chaos.
Obi warned that the rigging and election manipulations witnessed in 2023 will not be tolerated in 2027.
“Nigerians everywhere must start getting ready to rise up, resist, and reject the backward trajectory, legitimately and decisively reclaim our country from the clutches of deliberate malevolence.
“The International community must take heed of this groundwork for continued future electoral manipulation, endangering our democracy and development.
“A new Nigeria is POssible but we must all stand and fight for it,” he advised.
