Analaysis of INEC voter register has revealed that six States made the highest gegistered voters as INEC register hits 93.5m.
Newsonline reports that the analysis of the preliminary register reveals that six States of Lagos, Kano, Kaduna, Rivers, Katsina and Oyo have the highest registered voters for the 2023 general elections.
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Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Wednesday, said that its voter register had swollen up to 93.5m.
A breakdown indicates that Lagos has 7.57 per cent; Kano, 6.34 per cent; Kaduna, 4.65 per cent; Rivers, 3.77 per cent; Katsina, 3.76 per cent and Oyo 3.51 per cent.
The register indicates that voters in the six states constitute 27.68m or 29.59 per cent of the entire registered voters.
According to the preliminary voter register, Lagos, Kano, Kaduna and Rivers states lead with 7,075,192; 5,927,565; 4,345,469 and 3,532,990, respectively.
They are followed by Katsina with 3,519,260 and Oyo, with 3,275,045.
Further analysis also revealed that the North-West geopolitical zone, which comprises the seven states of Kano, Katsina, Kaduna, Kebbi, Sokoto, Zamfara and Jigawa, with a total of 22.27m voters, has the highest number of registered voters.
This is as INEC Chairman has disclosed that 23 officials of the commission were apprehended engaging in multiple registrations of voters during the last voters’ listing exercise.
Yakubu who disclosed this yesterday during the third quarterly meeting with political parties, in Abuja, said the Commission has commenced the in-house sanctioning of 23 officials.
