To prevent minors from voting, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has stated that it is purging the voter rolls of those too young to cast a ballot legally.
Festus Okoye, the commission’s commissioner for information and voter education, made this clear during an appearance on Channels TV’s Politics Today.
When asked what the commission is doing about minors and foreign nationals, Festus Okoye responded, “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 will try our best to make sure that we go into the 2023 general election with a voter register that Nigerians will be proud of.
“Regarding 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 unit, they should alert security agencies.”
