Nigeria, Feb. 11 -- The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned that the Senate's insertion of an "escape clause" allowing manual transmission of election results where technology is said to fail poses a threat to the credibility of the 2027 general elections.

The PDP also described the Senate's latest reconsideration of real-time electronic transmission of election results as a move that is "clever by half" and a veiled attempt to undermine electoral transparency.

The Senate last week voted against mandating real-time electronic uploading of results after counting, citing concerns about infrastructure and technological failure differences.

This sparked protests from civil society organisations and labour unions pushing that real-tim...