Electoral Act: APC Reps Will Stop Override Of Buhari’s Veto-Gbajabiamila

The Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has said the All Progressives Congress (APC) caucus in the House would scuttle any plan to override President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto of the 2018 Electoral (Amendment) Bill. Speaking with journalists on Wednesday at the National Assembly, Hon. Gbajabiamila said the APC has more than the required number to stop the process. He added that the House needs the votes of at least two-thirds of its members to override the president’s veto. Hon. Gbajabiamila said the president declined to assent the bill in order to enable many Nigerians to have the opportunity to vote in cases of card reader malfunction.