The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has rejected the Electoral Amendment Bill passed by the 10th Senate on its Emergency Session on Tuesday.
The Senate bowed to pressure from Nigerians, especially the political class, and has amended the Electoral Act 2026, allowing presiding officers to transmit election results electronically to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Result Viewing Portal (IReV).
But amended that if electronic transmission fails due to network issues, the INEC manual result sheet, Form EC 8A, which is signed by all party agents at the polling unit and each given own copy should be adopted.
The development that ADC noted would weaken the guarantee of real time electronic transmission and opening the door to the intentional manipulation of election results.
In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the Coalition Party said, “any provision in our electoral laws that creates ambiguity, discretion, or technical loopholes around the transmission and collation of election results fundamentally undermines the integrity of the electoral process and cannot be accepted in good conscience.”
ADC submitted that the credibility of elections rests not on assurances but on clear, unambiguous legal guarantees that protect the will of the people. Therefore, maintained that only an Electoral Amendment Act that unequivocally mandates real time electronic transmission of results, without exceptions capable of abuse, could command public confidence and strengthen Nigeria’s democracy.
Consequently, urged the National Assembly to immediately address and remove any provision that dilutes this safeguard and to align the final version of the Bill with the recommendations of the Conference Committee that called for e-transmission of results.
The Party said it remains committed to standing with Nigerians in defense of transparent, credible, and verifiable elections.
