According to Senator George Sekibo, 73 senators have already signed to veto president Muhammadu Buhari on the electoral bill on Tuesday.
Speaking at the national assembly complex, Sekibo hinted that the lawmakers will not take the matter with levity as they were convinced about the provision which has become controversial – that political parties must adopt direct primaries as a mode of conducting their election to elect candidates for election.
There are 109 senators and it will require the constitutional number of two-third to override the president.
President Buhari had sent in a letter to both chambers of the national assembly citing likely crises, cost and difficulty with the direct primaries requesting the national assembly to rework it before reforwarding it to him.
ElectronicTransmission Of R is among the amendments contained in the Bill rejected by the president.
While INEC came out swiftly to say electronic transmission of result stays, it will be the second time the president will be rejecting such an amendment, the first being in 2018 when he said it was too close to an election.
With the senate sitting tomorrow (Wednesday) for another plenary, all eyes will be on the senate to see if what Sekibo has said will scale through.
