INEC Registers 177,914 New Voters Ahead Of Edo, Ondo Elections

A statement by the National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun on Monday, said Edo State has 119,206 new voters, while Ondo State has 58,708.“Nigerians may recall that in our Press Statement on Tuesday 11th June 2024, we released the preliminary figures of newly registered voters for the forthcoming Edo and Ondo State Governorship elections before the period for claims and objections, followed by the cleaning up of the data using the Automated Biometric Identification System. These processes have now been concluded.“The number of new voters for Edo State is 119,206 and 58,708 for Ondo State,” Olumekun noted. However, the commission stated that the figures excluded the 8,847 applications for voter transfers into Edo State and 3,132 into Ondo State from other parts of the country.