The most disturbing aspect about the INEC Bill was the reported doctoring of the document to eliminate electronic transmission of results. It became a huge issue because we know the tradition of election rigging in Nigeria

home happy. Subsequently, the numbers would be changed during collation and the outcome would be decided by riggers not voters. That was why the idea of directly sending the results to INEC headquarters and to the public from the polling unit arose as a way to bypass the riggers. It would be recalled that during the last Edo State governorship election, INEC deployed a result’s viewing portal, which made it possible for the public to see the results as they were announced and close the gates to riggers thereby increasing the integrity of the electoral process and encouraging acceptability of outcomes. It would be recalled that