The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Monday said that no fewer than 177,914 new eligible voters have been added to the Edo and Ondo state governorship voter registers ahead of the governorship elections later in the year.
The Commission in a statement said 92,098 out of the 269,992 applicants for the Continuous Voter Registration failed to meet the requirements for registration during the exercise and were screened out of the register
The statement which was signed by the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, states that the figure did not include the 8,847 applications for transfer to Edo and 3,132 to Ondo from other States.
INEC said that the final list of eligible voters and date for the collection of PVCs in the two states will soon be made public.
The statement titled ‘Analysis of new voters for Edo and Ondo States reads: “Nigerians may recall that in our Pess Statement on Tuesday 11th June 2024, we released the preliminary figures of newly registered voters for the forthcoming Edo and Ondo State Governorship elections before the period for claims and objections, followed by the cleaning up of the data using the Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS). These processes have now been concluded.
“The number of new voters for Edo State is 119,206 and 58,708 for Ondo State. These figures do not include the 8,847 applications for transfer into Edo State and the 3,132 into Ondo State from other States of the Federation. Similarly, they do not include applications for transfer within the two States because they are already captured on the register of voters.
“The figures of the new voters and inter-State transfers are being integrated into the existing register. In the next few days, the Commission will release the comprehensive and final register of voters to be used for the 2024 Governorship elections for each of the two States.
“Meanwhile, the analysis of new voters for Edo and Ondo States, indicating their distribution by Local Government Areas, gender, age, occupation and disability has been uploaded to our website and social media platforms for public information.”
