Guber Poll: INEC removes 2,103 double voter registrations in Ekiti

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says it has invalidated 2,103 treble registrations from the Ekiti elector registry ahead of the June 20, 2026 governorship predetermination successful the state.

INEC Chairman, Prof Joash Amupitan, disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja during the commission’s 2nd quarterly consultative gathering with leaders of governmental parties astatine its headquarters.

Amupitan stated that removal of the duplicate entries was portion of INEC’s strict committedness to maintaining  integrity of the electoral process  as the state begins aboriginal preparations for the 2027 General Elections.

According to the chairman, the last Register of Voters for the Ekiti governorship canvass present stands astatine 1,059,360.

“This fig reflects the summation of 66,664 caller voters registered during the archetypal and 2nd phases of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercises to the 2023 registry of 987,647 voters.

“In enactment with our committedness to maintaining  integrity of the register, 2,103 registrations identified arsenic cases of treble registration were invalidated,” Amupitan said.

He assured stakeholders that logistics arrangements, deployment of predetermination techno...