Nigeria delists a million newly registered voters

After conducting a verification procedure and "cleaning up" its voter registration, Nigeria's electoral commission claims to have delisted more than a million freshly registered voters.

To obtain permanent voter cards, those impacted registered between June of last year and January of this year (PVCs).

According to the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec), 2,523,458 people registered at that time, however, 1,126,359 of those entries were later found to be "illegal and delisted."

This indicates that about 50% of the registrations were fraudulent.

"Double, numerous, and ineligible registrants" were discovered, according to the commission.

It clarified that the voter register was being checked using an automated biometric identification mechanism.

Voters may feel uneasy as a result of this significant invalidation.

The registry, however, will be disclosed after the procedure for "public scrutiny, claims, and objections," according to the commission.

It claims that this method is essential for trustworthy elections.

General elections in the West African nation are scheduled for February of the following year to elect President Muhammadu Buhari's replacement.

There are typically tens of millions of eligible voters in Nigeria, Africa's largest democracy.