The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, on Monday, February 9, 2026, joined hundreds of activists and civil society groups at the National Assembly to protest the Senate’s recent rejection of mandatory electronic transmission of election results.
Clad in his signature black attire, Obi arrived at the protest ground to a thunderous ovation from the crowd, which had converged to demand that the Joint Conference Committee adopt the House of Representatives’ version of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, which retains the mandatory electronic transmission clause.
Addressing the protesters, Obi argued that any attempt to scuttle electronic transmission is a deliberate effort to keep Nigeria in the “dark ages of rigging.” He dismissed the “network coverage” excuse used by the Senate leadership, led by Godswill Akpabio, as a “logistical fallacy.”
“If we can do electronic banking in the remotest parts of this country, we can transmit election results,” Obi declared. “We are here to tell the National Assembly that the will of the people must prevail. You cannot build a nation on a foundation of electoral fraud.”
Obi’s presence at the National Assembly gate added significant momentum to the outcry from other opposition leaders and senior statesmen.
