Omoyele Sowore, a prominent human rights activist and politician, has asserted that if Nigerian elections were conducted with full transparency, 90 per cent of current federal lawmakers and elected officials would lose their positions.
Sowore made these comments on Wednesday, February 11, 2026, during an appearance on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief.
He was reacting to the Senate’s Tuesday amendment of the Electoral Act, which approved electronic transmission of results but maintained a manual collation backup for areas with poor internet connectivity.
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According to Sowore, the “no network” argument is a calculated distraction. “This excuse that there is no network in some states is just another balloon air on the part of these guys. They don’t want transparent elections because if elections are transparent, 90 per cent of them will not make it to the National Assembly — and of course the presidency and other elected positions, they know that,” he claimed.
The former African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate characterized the Senate’s decision to keep manual collation as “clever by half.”
He argued that this provision serves as a deliberate loophole to return to the “hardcoded way of reporting elections,” which he believes has destroyed public confidence in the process.
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Sowore further dismissed the current INEC IReV system as outdated, suggesting Nigeria should instead look to the Indian model. “I said it yesterday and I will repeat it again, I am not even a fan of all these old systems. By now, we should be doing what they are doing in India. India has 900 million registered voters and they use electronic voting as their own way of expressing the wishes of the people and those are almost foolproof,” he stated.
He highlighted the efficiency of the Indian system, noting, “I don’t think you hear a lot of tribunal sittings in India after 900 million votes and we have only 90 million here, we should be able to go for electronic voting.”
Sowore also questioned the logic of denying citizens the ability to vote electronically from home when they already perform other highly secure and confidential digital transactions.
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