The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has removed 1,608,660 invalid registrations from the preliminary register of voters following a nationwide review of records submitted during the 2025/2026 Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise.
The commission also removed a total of 1,749 records belonging to deceased persons after identifying and verifying the entries. This included 876 records initially removed and an additional 873 records discovered during the review.
INEC Chairman, Professor Joash Amupitan (SAN), disclosed the figures on Monday while briefing journalists on the outcome of the exercise.
According to him, the commission received 11,088,238 registration records from the three phases of the 2025/2026 CVR exercise.
Amupitan explained that INEC’s Automated Biometric Identification System initially flagged 1,545,052 records for further examination as part of efforts to identify possible irregularities in the register.
However, he clarified that being flagged by the automated system did not automatically mean that a registration was invalid. He noted that every flagged record underwent further examination and authorised adjudication before a decision was reached.
The chairman said the clean-up exercise followed complaints, claims and objections submitted by Nigerians after INEC displayed the preliminary register of voters nationwide between October 9 and 15, 2026.
The review was therefore aimed at addressing concerns raised during the display period and improving the accuracy of the voters’ register ahead of future electoral activities.
INEC’s disclosure highlights the commission’s efforts to identify and remove invalid entries while ensuring that legitimate voter registrations are not wrongly excluded from the register.
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