The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has notified the general public that about 2.7 Million persons with cases of double registration have been deleted from the voter register portal of the electoral body.
The INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this at a National Endowment for Democracy event in Washington DC in the United States.
The spokesperson to the Chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, confirmed the development to newsmen in the country.
Although, Oyekanmi raised concerns about security issues in Nigeria, he assured that stakeholders that the commission will do its best to conduct a credible election.
He said “It is a perennial issue because, at the end of the day, it is not new but the dimension of the insecurity is new in the sense that in the past, it was localised or confined to a particular part of the country – the North-East but now, it is more widespread.
“We are keeping our eyes, particularly, on the North-West and the South-Eastern part of the country. Elections are conducted by human beings. We worry about the security of our officials, materials, and even the voters themselves. Without them, elections cannot be conducted.”
The chairman added that the commission “has spoken to the security agencies and they have assured us that the situation will improve before the elections. So, fingers crossed.”
According to the body, the 2023 general elections start on February 25 for the presidential election while the gubernatorial and House of Assembly election will take place on the 11th of March.