INEC fishes out 54 persons involved in voter register irregularities

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has identified 54 individuals allegedly involved in irregularities discovered in the voter register across 10 states.

INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, disclosed this on Monday, November 9, 2026, while addressing journalists at the commission’s headquarters.

He said, “54 persons cutting across 10 states have been identified as complicit, and necessary disciplinary action will be taken against them, including possible prosecution.”

The INEC chairman explained that removing 331,608 irregular entries discovered during the preliminary display of the 2025–2026 Continuous Voter Registration, CVR, exercise would not completely address the problem.

According to him, the final voter register could still contain duplicate records carried over from previous registration exercises conducted between 2011 and 2023.

Amupitan noted that most of the duplicated names and photographs circulated on social media originated from complaints about the old voter register rather than the recently concluded registration exercise.

He said the commission, at its meeting on Monday, resolved to address the identified duplications in the previous register.

The INEC chairman added that the commission had directed that records flagged through complaints and other obvious cases of duplication be subjected to proper verification before their removal.

He stressed that the ongoing efforts were aimed at ensuring the credibility and integrity of the national voter register ahead of future elections.