Minority members of the House of Representatives today, stormed out of the Green Chamber in protest against the new clause in the Electoral Act adopted by the lower chamber of the National Assembly.
The opposition lawmakers, led by Minority Leader, Kingsley Chinda, rejected the new clause, describing it as anti-people.
On Tuesday, House of Representatives resolved to provide for both real-time electronic transmission and manual transmission of election results.
This followed a fierce debate on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2025 ahead of the 2027 elections.
The decision did not sit well with the opposition lawmakers who accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of manipulating the process and imposing manual transmission on Nigerians.
The lawmakers, led by Chinda, angrily stormed out of the plenary session shouting āAPC ole, APC ole.ā
After staging a walkout, the minority rep members stormed the House of Representatives Media Centre.
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