INEC registers 269,992 new voters in Edo, Ondo

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has registered 269,992 new voters in the just concluded Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) in Edo and Ondo States.

The INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr. Sam Olumekun, disclosed this after the commission’s regular meeting on Tuesday in Abuja.

Olumekun said 129,246 or 47.87 percent of the newly registered voters were male while 140,756 representing 52.13 percent were female.