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2027: INEC removes 1.6m names from voter register

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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has eliminated 1,608,660 invalid registrants from Nigeria’s voter register as a part of efforts to wash up its database forward of the 2027 basic elections.

INEC Chairman, Professor Joash Amupitan, SAN, disclosed this on Monday.

The fee additionally confirmed the removing of greater than 876 deceased voters from the register.

The train adopted complaints and objections submitted by members of the general public after INEC displayed the preliminary voter register in October 2026.

The fee stated it could publish the revised voter register on December 16, 2026, in compliance with the provisions of the electoral regulation.

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