The North is now almost 9 million Permanent Voters’ cards (PVCs) ahead of the South, with barely five weeks to Nigeria’s rescheduled presidential election holding on March 28.

“No. of PVCs distributed in the North including the FCT as at 4th February 2015 = 26,866,708. No. of PVCs distributed in the South as at the referenced date = 18, 000, 703. This shows that the North surpasses the South in updated PVCs distribution with to the tune of 8,866,005,” the International Society for Civil Liberties & the Rule of Law (Intersociety) said today in its update on PVC distribution.

“Shockingly too, Borno State, which is torn apart by Islamist Boko Haram insurgency, has more PVCS (1,320,667) than the non insurgency State of Anambra (1,222,002),” the group further said in the third and concluding part of its statement ‘How INEC Tainted & Sectionalised Nigeria’s National Register of Voters’, issued in Onitsha. According to Intersociety:

No. of Post-AFIS Registered Voters in 2014 (old) = 70,383,427
No. of Registered Voters readied for 2015 Polls (new) = 68,833,476 (recalculated figure by Intersociety = 68,817,157)
No. of Post-AFIS Registered Voters in 2014 (old) for the North including the FCT = 40,531,606
No. of Post-AFIS Registered Voters in 2014 (old) for the South = 29,858,822
No. of Registered Voters readied for 2015 Polls (new) for the North including the FCT = 37,377,169
No. of Registered Voters readied for 2015 Polls (new) for the South = 31,539,941
This shows that the North (37,377,169) surpasses the South (31,539,941) with 5,837,228 registered voters.
No. of Registered Voters summarily deleted by INEC in November/December 2014 in Nigeria = 3,796,767
No. of Registered Voters summarily deleted by INEC in November/December 2014 in the North = 3,725,201

10. No. of Registered Voters summarily deleted by INEC in the same period in the South (Oyo State) = 71,566

11. No. of newly Registered Voters captured in the North in 2014 = 372,789

12. No. of newly Registered Voters captured in the South in 2014 = 1,757,713

13. Total number of newly Registered Voters captured in Nigeria in 2014 = 2,130,502

14. The remainder of Post-AFIS Registered Voters of 2014 (70,383,427) after deletion of 3,796,767 and addition of 2, 130, 502 newly Registered Voters = 66,586,660.

State-by-State & Geopolitical Breakdown of Updated PVCs Distribution in Nigeria:

15. No. of Registered Voters okayed for 2015 Polls in Nigeria = 68,833,476 (real figure re-calculated by Intersociety = 68,817,157)

16. Total PVCs distributed across the country as at 4^th February 2015=45,098,876 (recalculated figure by Intersociety = 44,867,411)

17. No. of Registered Voters okayed to vote in 2015 Polls who have not received PVCs as of date = 24,019,746

North-West Zone (Muslim/opposition stronghold):

18. No. of PVCs distributed as at 4^th February 2015 = 13,461,183

19. No. of Registered Voters okayed to vote in 2015 Polls in the North-West = 17,620,472

20. No. of registered non indigenous voters (mostly Igbo) who fled Northwest owing to insecurity abandoning their PVCs = 3m (est.)

21. No. of Registered Voters denied their PVCs in North-West including fled and fleeing non indigenes = 4,159,289

North-East Zone (war stricken/Muslim & opposition stronghold):

22. No. of Registered Voters okayed to vote in 2015 Polls = 9,107,861

23. No. of PVCs distributed (allocated) as at 4^th February 2015 = 6,917,389

24. No. of Registered Voters denied PVCs including an estimated 1m non indigenes of Igbo extraction who died or fled Maiduguri, Mubi, Yola, etc, owing to Islamist Boko Haram insurgency = 2,190,472

North-central Zone (balanced area for Muslims/Christians):

25. No. of Registered Voters okayed to vote in 2015 Polls = 9,767,411

26. No. of PVCs distributed as at 4^th February 2015 = 6,023,367

27. No. of Registered Voters denied PVCs = 3,744,044

South-West Zone (Southerners/Christian stronghold):

28. No. of Registered Voters okayed for 2015 Polls = 13,814,735

29. No. of PVCs distributed as at 4^th February 2015 = 6,457,029

30. No. of Registered Voters denied PVCs = 7,357,706

South-South Zone:

31. No. of Registered Voters okayed to vote in 2015 Polls = 10,059,347

32. No. of PVCs distributed as at 4^th February 2015 = 6,822,416

33. No. of Registered Voters denied PVCs = 3,236,931

South-East Zone:

34. No. of Registered Voters okayed to vote in 2015 Polls = 7,665,859

35. No. of PVCs distributed as at 4^th February 2015 = 4,721,258

36. No. of Registered Voters denied PVCs = 2,944,501

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT):

37. No. of Registered Voters okayed to vote in 2015 Polls = 881,472

38. No. of PVCs distributed as at 4^th February 2015 = 464,769

39. No. of Registered Voters denied PVCs = 416,703

Grand Summary:

40. No. of PVCs distributed in the North including the FCT as at 4^th February 2015 = 26,866,708

41. No. of PVCs distributed in the South as at the referenced date = 18,000,703

42. This shows that the North surpasses the South in updated PVCs distribution with to the tune of 8,866,005

43. No. of Registered Voters denied PVCs in the North (FCT inclusive) including estimated five million non indigenes dominated by Igbo citizens who fled as a result of insecurity = 10,510,508.

44. No. of non indigenous Registered Voters denied PVCs in the North = 5,000,000 (est)

45. No. of Registered Voters denied PVCs in the South = 13,539,238.

46. The total PVCs distributed in the Northwest and the North-East zones comprising 13 States, which is 20,378,572 is much higher than the total PVCs distributed in the entire South comprising 17 States, which is 18,000,703.

47. The total number of PVCs distributed in six North-West States of Kano, Kaduna, Katsina, Jigawa, Sokoto and Kebbi, which is 12,415,428; is much higher than the PVCs distributed in the entire 13 States of the South-south and the South-East, which is 11,543,676.

48. The number of PVCs distributed (allocated) in the North-East, which is 6,917,389; out of its total registered voters of 9,107,861; is higher than that of the South-West, which is 6,457,029, out of its total registered voters of 13,814,735.

49. Shockingly too, Borno State, which is torn apart by Islamist Boko Haram insurgency, has more PVCS (1,320,667) than the non insurgency State of Anambra (1,222,002).

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