The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced that as of December 2022, 7,746 deceased voters had been removed from the national voter register across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
INEC’s Director of Voter Education and Publicity, Victoria Etta-Messi, shared this during an interview with Punch on Thursday.
“Seven thousand, seven hundred and forty-six deceased persons across the 36 states and the FCT were removed from the National Register of Voters as of December 2022,” she confirmed. INEC noted that such cleanups are routinely carried out to uphold the integrity of the voter register ahead of general elections.
Despite these efforts, INEC pointed out ongoing challenges in identifying and removing deceased voters due to the absence of comprehensive official death records.
