The Independent National Electoral Commission has published a voters’ register of 1,059,360 eligible voters for the Ekiti State governorship election scheduled for June 20, 2026, and presented the document to political parties as part of a formal transparency exercise designed to build confidence in the electoral process ahead of polling day.
The national chairman of the commission, who led a delegation to Ado Ekiti for the presentation and readiness assessment, described the voters’ register as the foundation of credible elections, explaining that the commission had conducted rigorous verification and data cleaning exercises to eliminate duplicate registrations before publishing the final figures.
The register reflects an increase of approximately 66,000 voters compared to previous records. More than 68,000 new registrations were recorded during the Continuous Voter Registration exercise, but the Automated Fingerprint Identification System subsequently identified and removed more than 2,000 duplicate entries before the final figure was certified.
The INEC chairman assured political parties and voters that the commission had completed seven of the nine major activities on the election timetable. The remaining items are the end of campaign period and the election itself. He pointed to the Anambra governorship election under his leadership as a demonstration of the commission’s commitment to transparency, noting that approximately 93 percent of results had been uploaded to the INEC result viewing portal by 7pm on election day.
The commission indicated that all technical and logistical preparations were on track, including the verification of registration area centers, training and retraining of electoral personnel, and the deployment of Biometric Voter Accreditation System machines. Voter sensitization campaigns were described as ongoing across all 16 local government areas.
Political parties were urged to scrutinize the register and engage constructively with the process. The commission also warned against vote buying, describing it as a direct threat to democratic integrity, and said security and anti-corruption agencies would be expected to arrest and prosecute offenders.
