The Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said there is no law making it mandatory for INEC to transmit electoral results electronically.
Mr Dele Alake, Special Adviser on Media and Communications at the PCC, made the declaration in Abuja on Friday when he spoke at a news conference.
Alake said the transmission of election results was at the discretion of INEC, according to Section 60, sub-section 2 of the Electoral Act.
According to him, the Electoral Act 2022 does not contain any mandatory provision regarding the transmission of results.
“Section 60, sub-section 2 of the Act deals with the transmission of results and it is at the discretion of INEC. The Act does not contain any mandatory provision regarding the transmission of results.
“In any case, the process of transmitting results from polling units, whether real-time, two days later or at any time, cannot in any way change the results that have been announced,’’ Alake stressed.
He added that what was important was the counting of votes in the presence of party agents and the hearing of voters.