Independent National Electoral Commission has disclosed that it registered 177,914 new voters for the upcoming Edo and Ondo governorship elections. National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, stated this in a statement, yesterday.
According to Olumekun final figure shows that Edo State has 119,206 new voters, while Ondo State has 58,708. He, however, said the figures did not include the 8,847 applications for transfer into Edo State and the 3,132 into Ondo State from other states of the Federation. He said they do not also include applications for transfer within the two states as they are already captured on the register of voters.
The statement read: “Nigerians may recall that in our press statement on Tuesday, June 11, 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.”