By Ife Osemedua
365Daily – Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege (Delta), Senator Oluremi Tinubu, wife of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asewaju Bola Tinubu, Senator Smart Adeyemi (Kogi West), a former president of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Senator Mohammed Goje, former governor of Gombe and Senator Adamu Aliero, former governor of Kebbi state, top the list of those who voted against electronic transmission of election results.
Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, former governor of Abia state who is also the Senate Chief Whip, Senator Ali Ndume from Borno, Senator Bamidele Opeyemi, Senator Uba Sani (Kaduna) and Senator Solomon Adeola, also voted against the provision in the ongoing Electoral Act amendment.
Out of the 109 Senators, 52 voted NO, 28 voted in favour, while 28 were absent, on Thursday, July 15, 2021, when the Senate voted on the clause that would have allowed electronic transmission of election results.
According to the result of the process announced by the Clerk of the Senate, All Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s Senators on the floor, led by the Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe, voted in favour of electronic transmission of results by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) without interference from either the Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC), or the National Assembly.
Against the overwhelming calls that the provision is needed to ensure the integrity of election results, the Senate, through majority votes by the APC, voted against it.
Other senators who voted NO, included, Senator Kabiru Gaya, Senator Elisha Abbo and Senator Bima Enagi.
The names of others that voted NO are listed below:
Surajudeen Basiru NO
Francis Alimikhena NO
Ezekiel Ayuba NO
Abubakar Kyari NO
Senator Gyagung Ladi NO
Ali Ndume NO
Opeyemi Bamidele NO
Gobir Abdullahi NO
Abdullahi Danbaba NO
Yusuf Yusuf NO
Isa Shuaibu Lau NO
Bomai Ibrahim Mohammed NO
Yau Sahabi NO
Baba Kaita NO
Adamu Aliero NO
Yahaya Abdullahi NO
Yakubu Oseni NO
Isa Jibrin NO
Ibrahim Oloriegbe NO
Tanko Al-Makura NO
Godiya Akwashiki NO
Abdullahi Adamu NO
Musa Mohammed Sani NO
Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi NO