But, on Saturday, Akpabio himself eventually confirmed that the Senate removed mandatory, real-time transmission of results from the bill. He dismissed comments by the Senate president, Godswill Akpabio, on the matter, describing comments attributed to the Senate president as highly condemnable. “Every stage of the legislative process attracts scrutiny,” he said, adding that “the provision of electronic transmission was already there. He also said that the nation needed real-time transmission of results years ago, but that it was far more mandatory now. He accused the Senate of acting illegally by seeking to remove the electronic transmission of election results.

Source: Nigerian Tribune February 09, 2026 10:03 UTC