President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2021 into law.

The signing ceremony took place inside the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja at about 12:30 pm on Friday.

Among those present, while the President was assenting to the bill includes the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, Mahmood Yakubu; President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan among others.

The assent is coming a few days after a coalition of civil society organisations staged a protest to compel the president to assent to the amended document.