Tuesday, February 10, 2026 - Former presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Adewole Adebayo, has strongly criticised members of the National Assembly opposed to mandatory electronic transmission of election results, describing their actions as a threat to Nigeria’s democracy.
Adebayo spoke on Politics Today on Channels Television on
Monday while reacting to the Senate’s decision to reject a proposed amendment
to Clause 60(3) of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, which sought to make
electronic transmission of election results compulsory.
He dismissed claims that recent public reactions to the
decision amounted to agitation, saying what had been seen so far was only a
“warm-up” and a “fashion parade,” stressing that Nigerians across the country
were already mobilising to defend democracy.
According to him, democracy is more important than personal
ambition, wealth, or political office, describing it as essential for the
survival, dignity, and progress of Nigerians.
The former SDP flagbearer questioned what he described as a
contradiction in government actions, noting that while authorities claim to be
dealing firmly with coup plotters, lawmakers were being allowed to undermine
the will of the people through legislative decisions.
He said: “That’s not agitation. That is a warm-up. I tell
you, I pray to God Almighty that we will resolve the matter. That was not
agitation; that was a fashion parade.
“I just came from Lagos. You see, we are all planning.
Everybody is all over the country planning, because this democracy is more
important to me than becoming President.
“This democracy is more important to me than being a
billionaire, more important to me than anything else, because it is the ability
of the black man to have a country of his own where he can exercise his talent,
protect his family, protect his children, and project our power to the world.
That is true democracy.
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