Facts File

The protest, tagged ‘Occupy National Assembly’, saw former presidential candidate Peter Obi on Monday joined protesters to the National Assembly in Abuja to oppose the Senate’s decision on the electronic transmission of election results.

However, the protest was organised by Nigerian youths, pro-democracy activists and civil society groups who are demanding that lawmakers reverse their position on the electronic transmission clause in the Electoral Act Amendment Bill.

“Nigeria is looking forward to collaboration….We are expecting that there will be more,” Mrs Tinubu stated in an interview with Fox News on Friday during her visit to the United States.

"The current push for instantaneous uploads from polling units is misplaced because Nigeria still conducts manual voting with paper ballots rather than electronic voting. Nigeria not ready for real time e-transmission of election results."

~ Mustapha Lecky, a former national commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)