From David Onuoja, Abuja
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has finally released the total figures of the registered voters, who are eligible to vote in Edo and Ondo States respectively in the forthcoming election.
In a statement signed and issued to journalists in Abuja by Sam Olumekun, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, said after claims and objections from the register, the figures are now been compiled together.
He said, after cleaning the register with Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS), the total of 119,206 is for Edo state and 58,708 for Ondo State.
These figures do not include the 8,847 applications for transfer into Edo State and the 3,132 into Ondo State from other States of the Federation.
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Similarly, they do not include applications for transfer within the two States because they are already captured on the register of voters.
The figures of the new voters and inter-State transfers are being integrated into the existing register. In the next few days, the Commission will release the comprehensive and final register of voters to be used for the 2024 Governorship elections for each of the two States.
Meanwhile, the analysis of new voters for Edo and Ondo States, indicating their distribution by Local Government Areas, gender, age, occupation and disability has been uploaded to the website and social media platforms for public information.
It could be recalled that on Tuesday 11th June 2024, INEC released the preliminary figures of newly registered voters for the Edo and Ondo State Governorship elections before the period for claims and objections.
