Presidential.candidate of the PDP in the 2023 generap.election, Atiku Abubakar has criticized the Nigerian Senate for rejecting the real-time electronic transmission of election results, saying the move was a deliberate attack on electoral transparency.
In a statement, Atiku said the Senate’s decision represents a major setback for electoral reforms and weakens public confidence in Nigeria’s democracy.
“At a time when democracies across the world are modernizing their electoral systems through D-
technology, the Nigerian Senate has opted to maintain opacity and protect loopholes that allow manipulation and post-election disputes,” he said.
Atiku warned that the Senate’s choice continues to support a system that has historically enabled result tampering.
“Every reform that strengthens transparency is resisted, while every ambiguity that benefits incumbency is preserved,” he added.
He harped that real-time electronic transmission is not a partisan demand but a democratic safeguard.
“It reduces human interference, limits result manipulation, and ensures that the will of the voter expressed at the polling unit is faithfully reflected in the final outcome,” Atiku said.
