🏛 INEC purges 1.6 million invalid entries from voters' register Nigeria's electoral commission has removed over 1.6 million invalid records from the national voters' register following a clean-up exercise triggered by complaints after the preliminary register was published on 26 October. INEC Chairman Joash Amupitan said 876 of the removed entries belonged to verified deceased persons, while the broader purge covered multiple registrations, manipulated photographs and irregular registration patterns. Fifty-four INEC personnel across 10 states have been identified over registration irregularities and face disciplinary action and possible prosecution. The cleaned-up register will be published on 15 December 2026, as required by electoral law. The preliminary register had drawn public criticism after AI-generated images and names of dead persons were discovered among the entries. Source
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