Nigeria, Feb. 15 -- A former Resident Electoral Commissioner in Akwa Ibom State, Mike Igini, has warned that the recent Senate's decision to back off on mandatory real-time electronic transmission of election results was dangerous.

Mr Igini, a lawyer, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in response to the debate about the Senate's re-amendment of the Electoral Act 2022.

PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that on Tuesday, the Senate rescinded its earlier decision on the Electoral Act amendment in which it had rejected the mandatory electronic transmission of election results from polling units to the INEC's Result Viewing Portal (IREV) after vote counting.

The senators consequently re-amended the Electoral Act to accommodate the electro...