INEC removes 1.61 million invalid registrations from Nigeria’s voter register
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on P.M. News
Nigeria’s electoral commission INEC removed 1,608,660 invalid registrations from the voter register ahead of the 2027 general elections. It also removed 876 registrations of deceased people, after reviewing objections to the preliminary register, according to INEC, which plans to publish the final register on 16 December 2026.
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) removed 1,608,660 invalid registrations from the voter register ahead of the 2027 general elections, it announced on Monday. The clean-up followed complaints, claims and objections raised after the preliminary voter register was displayed in October, according to INEC.
INEC also removed 876 registrations corresponding to voters whose deaths had been verified. The commission said the irregularities examined included questionable registration information and photographs suspected of having been artificially generated.
The cleaned voter register will be published on 16 December 2026, in accordance with electoral law, according to INEC.
The operation follows a request on 3 November by a citizens’ group to clean up Nigeria’s voter register, made by Oby Ezekwesili, a former Nigerian education minister. It also follows 9 November, when INEC announced sanctions against electoral actors found at fault in the electoral process.
