No underage will vote in 2023, says INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission has said it will ensure that only those entitled to vote are allowed to participate in the voting in 2023.

Indeed, the electoral body promised to clean up its voter register to address the irregularities including underage voting observed in the past elections.

Many Nigerians have raised issues of discrepancies in the voter register the list of voters was made public across polling units and on the commission’s website,

Some of the disparities include underage voters who falsified dates of birth and others who appeared to have been registered multiple times.

Speaking on Sunday in an interviews on Channels Television, Victor Aluko, INEC’s director of voter registration and publicity, said the commission would ensure that underage persons do not participate in the forthcoming elections.

“I assure you that the register will be cleaned up completely and no underage voter will vote in 2023. After we finish with the claims and objections on Friday, we will be taking in again for further claims based on the complaints of the people,” Aluko said.

“That is why it is important that persons who noticed any issue at all with the register should complain through the right channels where they can be documented.”