By CHARLES IWUOHA

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced a break in the number of new voters ahead of the forthcoming gubernatorial elections in Edo and Ondo states.

INEC announced that the total number of new voters for Edo and Ondo states are 119,206 and 58,708, respectively.

The Commission said the figures did not include applications for transfer within the two states because they were already captured on the voter register.

This was made known in a statement by Sam Olumekun, National Commissioner & Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, on Monday.

Olumekun said the commission will release the comprehensive and final register of voters to be used for the 2024 governorship elections for each of the two states in the next few days.

“The number of new voters for Edo State is 119,206 and 58,708 for Ondo State. These figures do not include the 8,847 applications for transfer into Edo State and the 3,132 into Ondo State from other states of the Federation. Similarly, they do not include applications for transfer within the two states because they are already captured on the voter register.

The figures of the new voters and inter-state transfers integrated into the existing register. In the next few days, the Commission will release the comprehensive and final register of voters to be used for the 2024 governorship elections for each of the two states.

“Meanwhile, the analysis of new voters for Edo and Ondo States, indicating their distribution by local government areas, gender, age, occupation and disability, has been uploaded to our website and social media platforms for public information.

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