The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has removed 1.6 million invalid registrations and 873 deceased voters from its preliminary register of voters.
INEC Chairman, Professor Joash Amupitan, disclosed this while giving an update on the commission's efforts to clean up the voters' register ahead of future elections.
According to Amupitan, the exercise was aimed at ensuring that the preliminary register contains accurate and credible records by identifying and removing duplicate, invalid and other questionable registrations.
The commission also identified 873 deceased persons whose names were still on the register and removed them as part of the cleanup exercise.
The development forms part of INEC's efforts to strengthen the integrity of Nigeria's electoral process and improve the credibility of its voter database.
The removal of invalid registrations and deceased voters is expected to help the commission maintain a more reliable register ahead of upcoming elections.
ReportNaija reports that the accuracy of the voters' register remains a major part of the electoral process, as it determines the number of eligible voters captured for elections across the country.