Why E-Transmission Does Not Guarantee Free And Fair Election – Shehu Sani

Former Kaduna Central Senator Shehu Sani has asserted that the electronic transmission of election results does not guarantee a free and fair election.

He made the assertion while speaking on Wednesday during an appearance on Sunrise Daily, a programme on Channels Television.

The Senate on Tuesday approved electronic transmission of election results, with manual collation retained as a backup.

However, Sani argued that rigging is still possible even if the election results are transmitted electronically.

The former lawmaker said, “Electronic transfer does not mean that we’re going to have 100% free and fair elections. There is no electoral system that those who intend to rig would not be able to circumvent. Now you have a manual voting and electronic transfer of results.

“So everywhere you go, if the nation is interested in organizing free, fair and credible elections, it will hold and if there is the intent and practice of manipulation, whatever you do they will find a way to rig it.

“For example, now, you can have laws everywhere that voters should not be induced with money or anything material for them to vote, they will still do that and we don’t have the manpower to go to every nook and cranny to make sure people are not being induced.”