Obidient Movement Rejects The Non-Passage Of Electronic Transmission Of Results, Calls For A March To NASS
The Obidient Movement vehemently condemns the Nigerian Senate’s recent decision to reject the mandatory electronic transmission of election results.
This action, which retains a clause in the 2022 Electoral Act allowing for manual collation of results, is a deliberate and unforgivable act of electoral manipulation in preparation for the 2027 general elections.
This decision by the National Assembly represents a direct assault on the foundations of Nigeria’s democracy. By refusing to mandate the electronic transmission of results from polling units to the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) Result Viewing Portal (IREV), the Senate has chosen to institutionalise chaos and opacity, thereby eroding public trust in the electoral process.
This action is a slap in the face of millions of Nigerians who have tirelessly advocated for greater transparency and accountability in our elections.
We vividly recall the turmoil, disputes, and widespread manipulation that characterised the 2023 general elections—events that stemmed directly from the failure to fully implement electronic transmission of results.
Nigerians were fed excuses of a fabricated “glitch” that never existed, while the will of the people was blatantly subverted. This latest move by the Senate only serves to entrench the same systems that enable electoral malpractice.
As the Obidient Movement has consistently maintained:
“This failure to pass a clear safeguard is nothing short of a deliberate assault on Nigeria’s democracy. By rejecting these essential transparency measures, they are eroding the very foundation of credible elections.”
We therefore question the motives of the current leadership:
Does the government exist to ensure order and justice, or to institutionalise chaos?
Is its purpose to serve the people, or to fulfil the sinister ambitions of a privileged few?
While many African nations are embracing technology to strengthen their democracies, Nigeria—the so-called “Giant of Africa”—is shamefully dragging the continent backward.
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), which controls the National Assembly, has clearly demonstrated its intent to undermine free, fair, and credible elections. It is both ironic and hypocritical for a party that deploys e-registration and electronic processes for its internal affairs to deny Nigerians the same level of transparency in national elections.
We, the Obidient Movement, will not stand idly by while the future of our nation is being mortgaged for the political gain of a privileged few. We call on all Nigerians, civil society organisations, and the international community to join us in resisting this dangerous backward slide.
The criminality witnessed during the 2023 elections will not be tolerated in 2027. Nigerians everywhere must be prepared to rise up, resist, and reject this deliberate act of democratic sabotage, and to legitimately and decisively reclaim our country.
We urge the international community to take note of the groundwork currently being laid for future electoral manipulation in Nigeria.
Accordingly, we hereby call on all Nigerians to join us in a peaceful march to the National Assembly to press our demand:
That both chambers convene an emergency sitting to revisit this critical issue and immediately pass into law the mandatory real-time electronic transmission of election results to INEC’s IREV portal, in line with the clear will of the Nigerian people they represent.
We call on all Nigerians to join us and come out en masse in this struggle to correct this abnormality and change our nation for the better.
A stitch in time saves nine.
A New Nigeria is Possible.
Dr. Yunusa Tanko
National Coordinator
Obidient Movement Worldwide
