UMUAHIA- A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Chief Etigwe Uwa, has said that only the electronic transmission of electoral results can guarantee free, fair, and credible elections in Nigeria.
He explained that the Electoral Act 2022 sought to cure the malpractices of ballot snatching, stuffing ballot papers, writing results and announcing manipulated results, but lamented that the country is still grappling with problems of malpractices during elections. He said; “I think the Supreme Court could have its powers as the last court to adopt a purposive interpretation of statute. What was the mischief that the Electoral Act 2022 was seeking to cure? It was the mischief of snatching ballot boxes, stuffing ballot boxes, writing fresh results and announcing those results. But if you have electronic transmission at all the polling units, there is a way of cross checking the veracity of anything you go and bring.