Human rights advocate Omoyele Sowore has expressed skepticism about Nigerian senators’ handling of real-time electronic transmission of election results.
Speaking on Channels Television’s ‘The Morning Brief’ on Wednesday, the 11th of February, 2026, Sowore commented on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, voicing concerns over lawmakers’ trustworthiness on the matter.
This comes after reports that Nigerians gathered in Abuja on Monday, the 9th of February, 2026, for the “Occupy National Assembly” protest, opposing the Senate’s decision to reject e-transmission of election results.
Sowore, who is also the Publisher of Sahara Reporters, stated, “Obviously we can’t trust them, even when these two positions are harmonized, which is what they said they would do.
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“We still have to come through the fine prints of what is in the final law they are going to pass. What I suspect and I know is that they’re not worried about you. They don’t worry about the public.
“They don’t want a situation where the judges are hamstrung by a definitive word; ‘shall or must’. What we’re saying here is that the language of this Electoral Act mandatory for elections to be transmitted and wherever that is violated, must be able to provide credible evidence or excuse.
“And then the threshold to prove that this wasn’t done is not on the side of those who are rigging election, and that is exactly what they are trying to avoid.”