The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has criticised a former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, and other opposition figures, accusing them of hypocrisy over the debate surrounding electronic transmission of election results in the Electoral Act.
Wike made the remarks during a media chat on Monday while responding to opposition criticisms of the new 2026 Electoral Act recently signed into law by President Bola Tinubu.
The opposition had rejected a clause in the law that permits manual transmission of election results when electronic transmission fails due to poor network coverage.
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Wike alleged that Amaechi had previously advised former President Muhammadu Buhari not to approve the electronic transmission provision when they were both in government.
“And this is the same person now who is coming out in public to say there should be electronic transmission, but he refused simply because he felt his boss would be affected,” Wike said.
He insisted that the new Electoral Act does not abolish electronic transmission of results but introduces a safeguard to ensure that voters are not disenfranchised when electronic systems fail.
