INEC Registers 7.4m New Voters

Over 7.4 million Nigerians have pre-registered online for their Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, since the commencement of voter registration.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, which disclosed this, also released the number of voters who have registered in the various states.

The release by the commission show that Borno has the highest number of registered voters so far, while Abia has the lowest.

Below are the details released by INEC.

  1. Borno: 783,546
  2. Osun: 632,751
  3. Lagos: 590,341
  4. Kebbi: 557,778
  5. Ogun: 489,282
  6. Kaduna: 471,375
  7. Kano: 388,354
  8. Kogi: 341,277
  9. Yobe: 279,970
  10. Jigawa: 257,981
  11. Zamfara: 256,025
  12. FCT: 228,020
  13. Oyo: 218,724
  14. Katsina: 174,244
  15. Sokoto: 170,116
  16. Nasarawa: 161,918
  17. Bauchi: 159,044
  18. Delta: 144,710
  19. Kwara: 131,867
  20. Cross River: 112,372
  21. Ekiti: 107,876
  22. Niger: 102,524
  23. Gombe: 96,545
  24. Plateau: 84,770
  25. Imo: 70,069
  26. Rivers: 67,845
  27. Adamawa: 58,398
  28. Akwa Ibom: 57,954
  29. Taraba: 57,001
  30. Benue: 49,262
  31. Bayelsa: 47,041
  32. Enugu: 19,966
  33. Ondo: 17,121
  34. Ebonyi: 12,489
  35. Edo: 11,166
  36. Abia: 6,038

Total: 7,415,760