INEC Removes More Than 1.6 Million Invalid Voter Registrations Ahead of 2027 Elections
Nigeria’s electoral preparations for 2027 have entered a critical phase after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced the removal of 1,608,660 confirmed invalid registrations from the preliminary voters’ register. The commission also said it had identified 54 individuals across 10 states for possible disciplinary action, including prosecution, over alleged irregularities in the registration process. INEC Chairman, Professor Joash Amupitan, disclosed the findings in Abuja on November 9. The review covered records generated during the 2025 and 2026 Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise and followed public complaints about duplicate registrations, suspicious photographs and deceased persons’ records. According to the commission, 11,088,238 registration records were collected across three phases. INEC’s Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS) initially flagged 1,545,052 records for further examination. Amupitan stressed that...