Fake voters: Trouble hits INEC as Professor Mahmood Yakubu makes crucial confession to Nigerians
- Some INEC officials are in problem for engaging in multiple registrations of voters during the last voters’ listing exercise
- The records of the commission showed that some of the 23 officials attempted to register some fake voters 40 times
- According to INEC chairman, the commission has identified 23 of its registration officers for severe sanctions having attempted to engage in multiple registrations of Nigerians
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For engaging in multiple registrations of voters during the last voters’ listing exercise, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has commenced the in-house sanctioning of 23 officials.
The records of the commission showed that some of the 23 officials attempted to register some fake voters 40 times, INEC National Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed yesterday during the third quarterly meeting with political parties, in Abuja.
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Ahead of next year’s general election, the electoral umpire also declared that no fewer than 93.5 million Nigerians are eligible to participate in the exercise as voters, noting that 12.29 million Nigerians successfully completed their registrations as new voters in the just concluded Continuous Voter Registration CVR.
Yakubu added that after a rigorous clean-up of the data using the Automated Biometric Identification System, ABIS, over 2.78 million were identified and removed as ineligible registrants.
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Consequently, he said the commission has identified 23 of its registration officers for severe sanctions having attempted to engage in multiple registrations of Nigerians.
Yakubu’s disclosures came as the Inter-Party Advisory Council IPAC passed a vote of confidence on him for his innovations to reshape the electoral process.
The political parties specifically hailed the deployment of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, and the INEC Result Viewing IReV Portal in the recently concluded elections in the country and for next year’s general election.
Mahmood Yakubu: INEC breaks silence on alleged move to sack commission's chairman ahead of 2023 elections
Meanwhile, INEC has debunked allegations of moves to sack its national chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, ahead of the 2023 general elections.
INEC National Commissioner for information and Voters Education, Festus Okoye, debunked the allegations in an interview with Channels TV on Wednesday, October 26.
Okoye stressed that the appointment and removal of the commission’s national chairman is not an easy task. He, however, admitted that the commission is under pressure to deliver free, fair and credible elections.
2023 polls: INEC reels out crucial directives for electorates, political parties ahead of general election
Legit.ng also reported that INEC reiterated that there will be no U-turn in the deployment of the bimodal voter registration system (BVAS) for the conduct of the 2023 general elections.
The chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made this known on Wednesday, October 26 at the quarterly consultative meeting with leaders of political parties in Abuja.
Prof. Mahmood also noted that the transmission of results to the INEC Result Viewing Portal (IReV) in real-time on election day will still be implemented, as earlier stated. He revealed that the commission has successfully implemented nine of its fourteen activities for the forthcoming general elections.
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