Nigerian youths are currently converging in Abuja for the“Occupy National Assembly” protest against the rejection of e-transmission ofelection results by the Senate. There is a heavy security presence atthe scene, with personnel drawn from the Nigeria Police Force, the NigerianArmy, and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps. The demonstration is against the backdrop of the Senate’sposition on the electronic transmission of election results. Recall that the Senate on Wednesday reportedly turned down aproposed change to Clause 60, sub-section 3 of the Electoral Amendment Billthat sought to make electronic transmission of election results compulsory. At the time of filing this report, the protesters had beguntheir march from the Federal Secretariat, heading towards the National Assemblygate.
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