Electoral Act: ADC Chieftain Labels Akpabio ‘Enemy of Democracy,’ Requires His Removing

A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Kenneth Okonkwo, has described Senate President Godswill Akpabio as an enemy of democracy over the Senate’s rejection of digital transmission of election outcomes.

Okonkwo made the comment on Sunday throughout an interview the place he acknowledged that Akpabio needs to be faraway from workplace if he fails to resign honourably.

He was reacting to the Senate’s resolution to reject real-time digital transmission of election outcomes.

Politics Nigeria remembers that the Senate, on Wednesday, voted in opposition to a proposed modification to Clause 60, subsection 3 of the Electoral Modification Invoice, which sought to make digital transmission of election outcomes obligatory.

Reacting to the choice, Okonkwo mentioned, “Let me let you know the gorgeous and notable pronouncement by Abba Aji, a Justice of the Supreme Courtroom. He mentioned modernity and expertise stare us within the face, and we can not flip again the hand of time.

“He mentioned to go in opposition to the usage of expertise and digital transmission and switch of election outcomes on this high-tech period is to be an enemy of democracy and to stay to the vicious cycle of election rigging, manipulation, and falsification.

“Why would the legislature prevaricate on a difficulty that the Supreme Courtroom has already advised you encourages electoral rigging, manipulation and makes you an enemy of democracy?

“What it means is that Senator Godswill Akpabio has turn into an enemy of democracy and is sticking to the vicious cycle of election rigging, manipulation, falsification and subterfuge by making an attempt to keep up the identical provision the Supreme Courtroom warned in opposition to.

“That man is an enemy of democracy and needs to be eliminated if he doesn’t resign.”