​The National Publicity Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Felix Morka, has revealed why opposition leaders are angry over the recently passed and signed Electoral Act.

 

 

Fielding questions in an interview on ‘Politics Today’, a programme on Channels Television, Morkas said they are angry because the Electoral Act amendment frustrates what he described as a plan to use real-time transmission of results as grounds to challenge the 2027 general elections.

 

He added that key opposition figures were upset because the amendment removed a ‘game plan’ to invalidate elections where real-time electronic transmission of results is not possible.

 

“So, let me tell you very quickly why Peter Obi, Galadima and his friends in the opposition are livid about this amendment.

 

“They were hoping to sell this dummy to the National Assembly and to Nigerians: that unless results are transmitted in real time, that becomes grounds to invalidate the election in 2027. That was it – it was a game plan,” he said.

 

The APC national mouthpiece further stated that opposition figures were fully aware that internet connectivity remains uneven across the country.

 

“Buba Galadima knows, Atiku Abubakar knows, Peter Obi knows, and David Mark knows that connectivity is not universal in all the territories and voting districts of Nigeria,” Morka said.

 

His comments followed the signing of the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2026 into law on Thursday by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

 

However, leaders of the African Democratic Congress and the New Nigeria Peoples Party rejected the new law, insisting it is anti-democratic and tilted in favour of the ruling party ahead of the 2027 elections.