Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Bode George, has faulted the Senate for shooting down the electronic transmission of results for the 2027 general elections, describing it as a disappointment.
The PDP leader, however, tasked the Senate Presiedent to revisit the amendment saying failutre to do that will take Nigeria to the Stone Age.
He said: “Now, this is the greatest shock, it is, this year is a very, very critical year for political activities. To hear that there is an electronic transition, you can have options: you can do it, or you cannot do it. It is sending Nigeria completely back into the Stone Age.
“We want justice, we want fairness, and we want equity. I am absolutely disgusted and disappointed about this. Our lawmakers, are they lawmakers or lawbreakers? So, how can you be talking when everybody is heading in a direction of civility, direction of decency, direction of calmness, to make sure that the people who will manage the affairs of this country are genuinely elected by the people? What is going on? You are telling us you want to bury Nigeria; this is the beginning of this election year.
“I am utterly, absolutely disappointed. I am a computer and electronics engineer. You see the whole world, you see the AI, you see this, you see, go to the Qatar airport and see how electronics, digitalisation of things are moving.
When you get to certain airports in the world, you don’t see any human beings. So, where are these people coming from? They want to be elected through the wuruwuru means? No. I am appealing to the Senate President to revisit it and go in the direction that would encourage millions of Nigerians to participate in electing the people who will manage the resources of this country for their benefit.
“What you are telling us is you don’t need you, because you know what happened in the past, they will manipulate the results.
It should be completely independent of any human being. This statement, if it goes out to the world, we are discrediting our country; we are telling them we can dismember our country, the greatest country in Africa, the leader in every aspect, for every 10 Africans, 7 are Nigerians.
“For God’s sake, this is disgusting, disgraceful, and distasteful, and they should revisit it. And all Nigerians, those who love this country, should get up and say something. You don’t perpetuate yourself; that’s not governance, that is not governance.
And if this is what the APC government wants to impose in Nigeria, it is an abomination. Complete abomination. It will be dirty in its entirety.”
