INEC panel chair votes against own reportMembers of the All Progressives Congress in the Senate on Thursday voted against electronic transmission of results. At the end of the poll, 88 senators voted, while 28 were not available to vote. The outcome of the election showed that 52 APC senators, including the chairman of the Senate INEC committee, Kabiru Gaya, voted against the panel’s report, which gives the electoral umpire the sole power to determine the practicability of electronic transmission of results. The Peoples Democratic Party members on the floor all voted in favour of electronic transmission of results by INEC without interference from either the NCC or the National Assembly. The PDP senators, on the other hand, said allowing the NCC and the National Assembly to meddle in the affairs of INEC will affect the integrity of the polls.

Source: Punch July 15, 2021 15:09 UTC