BREAKING: Atiku, Obi, Amaechi, other opposition leaders reject Electoral Act

Leaders of absorption governmental parties successful Nigeria person kicked against the amended Electoral Act 2026 precocious assented to by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

The absorption figures, including erstwhile Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and different large enactment leaders, criticised the process done which the National Assembly passed the legislation, describing it arsenic flawed.

Speaking astatine a property briefing, Ajuri Ahmed of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) alleged that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is strategising to presumption President Tinubu arsenic the sole credible statesmanlike contender up of the 2027 wide elections.

He maintained that information astatine their disposal indicates that results tin beryllium electronically transmitted from each polling units nationwide, questioning the rationale down retaining a manual transmission proviso successful the caller law.

Ahmed further expressed daze astatine the swiftness with which the President approved the bill, noting that akin urgency was not shown successful signing different pieces of legislation.

According to him, the precocious concluded Federal Capital Territory (FCT) predetermination demonstrates wherefore the APC hurriedly pushed for the signing of the Electoral Act.

The conjugation of absorption leaders besides dismissed the out...