Mr. Festus Okoye, INEC’s Commissioner in charge of Information and Voter Education, has revealed that the commission is removing underage voters in the registered voters’ records ahead of the forthcoming general elections.
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Mr. Okoye made this known while responding to a question on what the commission was doing with regard to underage voters and non-Nigerians on a Channels Television program on Friday night.
“On the issue of the underage voters, this commission published the entire registered voters in Nigeria in various local government areas and all the registration areas.
“People have made their objections, complaints and claims. The commission is presently cleaning up the voter register. The cleaning up is an ongoing exercise and we are going to try our best to make sure that we go into the 2023 general election with a voter register Nigerians will be proud of.
“In terms of non-Nigerians voting, only validly registered voters will be in the position to vote in the 2023 general election. Any time Immigration Service sees any non-Nigerian with a voter’s card and claims to be a Nigerian, they should arrest him and make the card available to INEC and we cancel those registrations.
“Therefore, Nigerians should be on the lookout. If any non-Nigerian approaches any of the polling units, they should alert security agencies,” Okoye explained.
Nnamdi Maduakor is a Writer, Investor and Entrepreneur
