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INEC Deletes Over 7,000 Dead Voters From Register

Olaitan Sodiq
Olaitan Sodiq
Published: June 15, 2025
Last updated: June 15, 2025
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) kickstarted process to begin a fresh delineation of wards and pollings units in Warri Federal Constituency.
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  • INEC has deleted the records of 7,746 deceased voters from the national voter register.

  • Victoria Etta-Messi, disclosed that inadequate official death records made it difficult for the commission to remove deceased voters’ details.

  • The commission used the Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS) to identify and remove fake or duplicate voter registrations.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the deletion of 7,746 deceased voters from the national voter register in Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as of December 2022.

According to INEC’s voter education and publicity director, Victoria Etta-Messi, “Problems with official death records continue to make it very difficult for INEC to remove deceased registrants.”

The commission used the Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS) to identify and remove fake or duplicate voter registrations, and the process revealed a whopping 2.7 million registrations were invalid – about 22.6 percent of all new registrants.

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The INEC stated its commitment to making the voter registration process more secure and reliable.

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In May 2023, the House of Representatives asked INEC to develop a mechanism to clean up its voter register of dead and fictitious names.

Leke Abejide, who sponsored the motion, claimed that INEC’s register was full of millions of people who were dead or non-existent.

He noted that even his deceased father’s name was still displayed on the voter’s register during the general election.

INEC Rejects N40bn Allocation, Seeks N126bn For 2025 Budget

The independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rejected the N40 billion allocated to it in the 2025 budget, citing inadequate funding for its responsibilities.

INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made this known during a budget defence session before a joint committee on INEC and Electoral Matters at the National Assembly.

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