On Tuesday, the Independent National Electoral Commission reported finding 2.7 million instances of double registration during the most recent Continuous Voter Registration. The affected individuals have since been removed from the voter list.
Mahmood Yakubu, the chairman of INEC, revealed this at a National Endowment for Democracy event in Washington, DC.
The development was confirmed to our correspondent by Rotimi Oyekanmi, the Chairman’s spokesperson.
The chairman, who raised concerns about security challenges across the country, assured stakeholders that the commission will do its best.
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He said “It is a perennial issue because, at the end of the day, it is not new but the dimension of the insecurity is new in the sense that in the past, it was localised or confined to a particular part of the country – the North-East but now, it is more widespread.
“We are keeping our eyes, particularly, on the North-West and the South-Eastern part of the country. Elections are conducted by human beings. We worry about the security of our officials, materials, and even the voters themselves. Without them, elections cannot be conducted.”
The chairman added that the commission “has spoken to the security agencies and they have assured us that the situation will improve before the elections. So, fingers crossed.”
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