The African Action Congress (AAC) 2023 presidential candidate,Omoyele Sowore, has expressed displeasure over the amended Electoral Act 2026 bill signed into law by President Bola Tinubu.
The signing took place at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday, February 18, 2025, with principal officers of the National Assembly in attendance.
After heated debates on how election results should be shared and the timing of poll notices, lawmakers in both chambers agreed on a version of the bill and sent it to the president for approval.
The new law allows electronic transmission of results but includes a clause stating that election results can be manually tabulated if a network failure is detected at a polling unit.
In a post via 𝕏, Sowore claimed that the 2026 Electoral Act is designed to undermine and ultimately forbid free, fair, and credible elections in Nigeria.
He further called on the Nigerians to resist the bill, which, according to him, is an assault on democracy.
He said, “Tinubu has now signed the 2026 “Electoral Act,” a law designed to undermine and ultimately forbid free, fair, and credible elections in Nigeria.
“We must resist this assault on democracy.
“They have dared the people.
“Now we must confront them, WE must damn their impunity.”