INEC REMOVES 1.6 MILLION RECORDS FROM VOTERS' REGISTER, IDENTIFIES 54 STAFF IN 10 STATES AS COMPLICIT The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the removal of 1,609,553 records from the national register of voters following a clean-up of the 2025/2026 Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise. It also revealed that 54 persons across ten states have been identified as complicit in the irregularities and face disciplinary action and possible prosecution. INEC Chairman, Professor Joash Amupitan, SAN, disclosed this at a press conference on the display and publication of the Preliminary Voters Register held at the Commission’s Headquarters on Monday 9th November, 2026. Prof. Amupitan said the figure comprises 1,608,660 confirmed invalid registrations and 873 records belonging to verified deceased persons, which were removed as a separate category. The Commission harvested 11,088,238 records from the three phases of the 2025/2026 CVR, and the Automated Biomet...
TEXT OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE BY THE INEC CHAIRMAN , PROFESSOR JOASH OJO AMUPITAN, SAN ON THE DISPLAY AND PUBLICATION OF THE PRELIMINARY VOTERS REGISTER
TEXT OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE BY THE INEC CHAIRMAN , PROFESSOR JOASH OJO AMUPITAN, SAN ON THE DISPLAY AND PUBLICATION OF THE PRELIMINARY VOTERS REGISTER Protocol The Honourable National Commissioners The Honourable Secretary of INEC Civil Society Organisations Technical Aides to the Chairman Directors and other Senior Staff of INEC Esteemed Ladies and Gentlemen of the Press Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen Introduction The Commission, {Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)} has received several complaints- claims and objections in respect of the display of the Preliminary Register of Voters displayed at the Ward between 9th and 15th October, 2026 and the subsequent publication online. It must be noted that the current National Register of Voters evolved through successive registration and Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercises since 2011. It therefore contains biometric and demographic data captured under different technologies, operational arrangeme...