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    Borno leads as INEC releases number of registered voters

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    Borno state has maintained the lead in the number of registered voters at the ongoing voter registration exercise by the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC)

    INEC in a statement released Monday on the exercise, noted that Borno state has led with the highest number of registered voters in the past two months, since the commencement of the voter registration exercise

    The commission revealed that over 7.4 million Nigerians have pre-registered online for their Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs.

    INEC’s records show that Borno has the highest number of registered voters, so far, while Abia has the lowest.

    Below are the details released by INEC.

    1. Borno: 783,546
    2. Osun: 632,751
    3. Lagos: 590,341
    4. Kebbi: 557,778
    5. Ogun: 489,282
    6. Kaduna: 471,375
    7. Kano: 388,354
    8. Kogi: 341,277
    9. Yobe: 279,970
    10. Jigawa: 257,981
    11. Zamfara: 256,025
    12. FCT: 228,020
    13. Oyo: 218,724
    14. Katsina: 174,244
    15. Sokoto: 170,116
    16. Nasarawa: 161,918
    17. Bauchi: 159,044
    18. Delta: 144,710
    19. Kwara: 131,867
    20. Cross River: 112,372
    21. Ekiti: 107,876
    22. Niger: 102,524
    23. Gombe: 96,545
    24. Plateau: 84,770
    25. Imo: 70,069
    26. Rivers: 67,845
    27. Adamawa: 58,398
    28. Akwa Ibom: 57,954
    29. Taraba: 57,001
    30. Benue: 49,262
    31. Bayelsa: 47,041
    32. Enugu: 19,966
    33. Ondo: 17,121
    34. Ebonyi: 12,489
    35. Edo: 11,166
    36. Abia: 6,038

    Total: 7,415,760

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