The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared a break in the number of new voters ahead of the upcoming gubernatorial elections in Edo and Ondo states.
INEC revealed that 119,206 new voters have been registered in Edo and 58,708 in Ondo states.
The Commission stated that the data did not include applications for transfer between the two states since they were already on the voter rolls.
This was said on Monday by Sam Olumekun, National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee of INEC.
According to Olumekun, the INEC would disclose the full and final voter registers for the 2024 gubernatorial elections in both states in the coming days.
The new voter and interstate transfer numbers have been merged into the current register. In the coming days, the Commission will provide the full and final voter registers for the 2024 gubernatorial elections in each state.
INEC said:
“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 voter register.
“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.”
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