The lawmaker representing Ibarapa Central and Ibarapa North Federal Constituency of Oyo State at the House of Representatives, Anthony Adepoju, has said that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, is trying to go against the will of Nigerians.

Adepoju made this remark on Tuesday during an interview on Arise Television monitored by DAILY POST.

He was reacting to the retention of the manual transmission of election results by the National Assembly.

DAILY POST reports that Proceedings in the House of Representatives turned rowdy on Tuesday as lawmakers disagreed over a motion seeking to rescind the passage of the Electoral Act Amendment bill.

This was before the green chamber ended in a dramatic U-turn as lawmakers of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and their opposition counterparts clashed over the mode of transmitting election results ahead of the 2027 general elections

Reacting, Adepoju who is the Deputy Chairman of the House Committee on Federal Character Commission said, “We want Nigeria to have trust in our democracy and elect the leaders that they want.

“What played out in the National Assembly is the APC trying to go against what Nigerians want.

“I think Nigerians all saw what happened at the floor of the House. It was definitely not bi-partisan.

“What happened I can tell you was nothing short of a rape of our democracy. This is something we have worked hard for since 1999.

“And if we at this point of our democracy can be thinking of having elections that may not be free and fair, then it’s a big shame.”

A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Dele Momodu, has dismissed claims of being opposed to former presidential candidate, Peter Obi.

Momodu stated that he has consistently supported the former Anambra State governor.

He was reacting to an X user @Blazeregent who charged him to purge himself of anti-Obi sentiments. The X user was reacting to a post in which Momodu asked a PDP chieftain, Bode George, to purge himself of anti-Atiku sentiments.

The user wrote: “Purge yourself anti-OBI first. You have no moral right to criticize matters like this. If you have the right to be perpetual anti-OBI, so is anyone else to be perpetual anti-ATIKU. Daddy wa, please go and rest.”

Reacting, Momodu said he first backed Obi when former Vice President Atiku Abubakar selected him as his running mate.

He also dismissed suggestions of any rift between Obi and Atiku, noting that both politicians have always treated each other with mutual respect, both privately and publicly.

Momodu wrote: “I can never be anti-Obi. The first time I supported Obi when Atiku picked him as running mate.

“I’m not aware they are enemies. They always treat each other with mutual respect in private and public.”