February protest by Nigerian lawmakers over election law misrepresented as recent

Preparations for Nigeria’s January 2027 general election are gathering pace, with the electoral commission publishing a preliminary voter register in late October. A video shared on Facebook claims to show opposition lawmakers protesting a decision to abolish the electronic transmission of election results. But this is misleading; the footage is from February, when lawmakers debated amendments to the Electoral Act. They ultimately approved electronic transmission of results, along with a clause allowing manual transmission when connectivity problems arise.