On 10th September 2014, Chairman of the Independent
National Electoral Commission, Prof Attahiru Jega addressed a world press
conference in Abuja, Nigeria to defend his Commission’s controversial
creation of additional 30, 027 polling units (PUs) for the country’s electoral
landscape. Controversies that trailed the botched exercise were similar to
those trailing the Commission’s handling of PVCs distribution
across the country particularly as they concern lopsidedness and
ethno-religious influences. Prof Attahiru Jega and his INEC had in the botched
exercise magisterially and lopsidedly allocated over 21,000 to the North,
leaving only 8,000 plus for the South leading to fierce protests by Nigerians of
good will and conscience, which resulted to its official cancellation by the
Commission. Among leading rights groups that opposed it was the
leadership of Intersociety.
Further, on 26th September 2014, the Secretariat of our
organization got four parcels from the Chairman of INEC via DHL Courier
Services. The parcel contained a 19-page text of the referenced INEC
Chairman’s press conference titled; “Why, And How INEC Is Creating New
Polling Units”, dated 10th September 2014. In the second
paragraph of page seven of the text titled: “Why Did INEC Adopt the
Post-AFIS register of voters and not the Post- Business Rule register of voters
as the baseline for calculating the number of PUs?” , INEC said as
follows: “ At the end of the general registration of voters in 2011, the
Commission announced that the data of 73.5million eligible voters had been
captured-warts and all; that is, including the records of multiple (Emphasis:
not “ghost”) registrants. At the conclusion of data de-duplication with the
Automated Fingerprint Identification Software (AFIS), by which cases of
multiple registrations were eliminated, the figure came down to 70, 383, 427
registered voters. These are genuine, non-multiple and identifiable
registrants”.
The foregoing has grossly contradicted and rubbished recent
reasons or excuses given to Nigerians and international watchers by INEC to the
effect that the November/December 2014 deletion of 3, 796, 767 registered
voters from the National Register of Voters was a Post-AFIS exercise done in
2011. Contrary to this as incontrovertibly revealed by the foregoing,
the exercise took place within last two months of November and December 2014;
for reasons not clearly stated by the Commission till date.
Statistical Revelations & Findings: The figures as represented below in each State and the FCT
as well as the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria statistically show the total
number of Post-AFIS registered voters for 2014 (70, 383, 427) and
the number of RVs released by INEC in early January 2015 to vote
in the 2015 General Polls (68, 833, 476). The figures include the number of
registered voters deleted un-announced by INEC in November/December 2014 in the
affected States and geopolitical zones as well as the number of newly
registered voters captured and added by the Commission in the National Register
of Voters in the affected States and geopolitical zones.
A. Northwest Geopolitical Zone
Block Post-AFIS TVs for 2014=70, 383, 427
(TVs for 2015 Polls=68, 833, 476)
States
Post-AFIS Registered Voters (RVs) Of 2014 2015
RVs Deleted
Added
1. Kano
4, 751, 818
4, 975, 701 - 233,
883
2. Kaduna
3, 743, 815
3, 407, 222 536, 543
-
3. Katsina
2, 928, 046
2, 827, 943 100, 103 -
4. Jigawa
1, 817, 087
1, 831, 276 -
14, 181
5. Sokoto
2, 113, 698
1, 611, 929 501, 769 -
6. Kebbi
1, 459, 736
1,
470, 648 -
10,905
7. Zamfara 1,
802, 301
1,
495, 717 306, 584 -
(Source: INEC September
2014)
(Source: INEC January 2015)
Northwest:
Total TVs for 2014=18,
618, 499
Total TVs for 2015
Polls=17, 620, 472
Total Deleted=1, 444,
999
Total Added=
248, 969
B. Northeast Geopolitical Zone
States
Post-AFIS
Registered Voters (RVs) Of 2014 2015 RVs
Deleted
Added
8.
Borno
2, 570, 349
1,
934, 079 636, 270
-
9.
Bauchi
2, 502, 609
2,
054, 125 448, 484 -
10. Adamawa
1, 682, 907
1,
559, 012 123, 895
-
11. Taraba
1, 279, 394
1,
340, 652 -
61,268
12. Yobe
1, 203, 324
1,
099, 970 103, 354
-
13. Gombe
1, 208, 927
1,
120, 023 88, 904
-
(Source: INEC September 2014)
(Source: INEC January 2015)
Northeast:
Total TVs for 2014=10,
572, 968
Total TVs for 2015
Polls=9, 767, 968
Total Deleted=868, 139
Total Added= 62, 362
C.
North-central
Geopolitical Zone
States
Post-AFIS Registered
Voters (RVs) Of 2014 2015 RVs
Deleted
Added
14. Benue
2, 340, 718
2, 015, 452 352, 266
-
15. Niger
2, 427, 081 2,
014, 317 412, 764
-
16. Plateau
2, 082, 725
2,
001, 825 80, 900
17. Kogi
1, 305, 533
1,
350, 533 -
45, 300
18. Nasarawa 1, 291, 876
1, 242, 667 49, 209
-
19. Kwara 1,
125, 035
1,
142, 267 -
17, 232
(Source: INEC September 2014)
(Source: INEC January 2015)
North-central:
Total TVs for 2014=10,
572, 968
Total TVs for 2015 Polls
=9, 767, 362
Total Deleted =868, 139
Total Added=62, 532
D.
Southwest Geopolitical
Zone
States Post-AFIS
Registered Voters (RVs) Of 2014 2015 RVs
Deleted
Added
20. Lagos
5, 426, 391
5, 905, 852 -
479, 461
21. Oyo
2, 487, 132
2, 415, 566 71, 566
-
22. Ogun
1, 796, 024
1, 829, 534 -
33, 510
23. Osun
1, 318, 120
1, 407, 107 -
88, 987
24. Ondo
1, 472, 237
1, 524, 665 -
52, 428
25. Ekiti
688, 950
732,
021 -
43, 071
(Source: INEC September 2014)
(Source: INEC January 2015)
Southwest:
Total TVs for
2014=13, 193, 854
Total TVs for 2015
Polls=13, 814, 735
Total Deleted=71, 566
Total Added=697, 457
States
E.
South-south Geopolitical
Zone
States
Post-AFIS Registered Voters (RVs) Of 2014 2015
RVs Deleted
Added
26. Rivers 2,
466, 977
2,
537, 590 -
70, 631
27. Edo
1, 593, 488
1,
779, 738 -
186, 250
28. A. Ibom 1, 621, 798
1,
680, 759 -
58,
961
29. Delta
2, 044, 372
2,
275, 264 -
230, 892
30. C/River 1, 169, 469
1,
175, 623 -
6, 154
31. Bayelsa
590, 679
610,
373 -
19, 694
(Source: INEC September 2014)
(Source: INEC January 2015)
South-South:
Total TVs for 2014=9,
486, 783
Total TVs for 2015
Polls=10, 059, 347
Total Deleted=Zero
Total Added=572, 582
F.
Southeast Geopolitical
Zone
States
Post-AFIS Registered Voters (RVs) Of 2014
2015 RVs Deleted
Added
32. Anambra
1, 784, 536
1, 963, 173 -
178, 637
33. Imo
1, 672, 666
1,
803, 030 -
130, 364
34. Enugu
1, 313, 128
1, 429, 221 -
116, 093
35. Abia
1, 378,
844
1, 396, 162 -
8, 318
36. Ebonyi
1, 020, 011
1, 079, 273 -
54,
262
(Source: INEC September 2014)
(Source: INEC January 2015)
Southeast:
Total TVs for 2014=7,
178, 185
Total TVs for 2015
Polls=7, 665, 859
Total Deleted=Zero
Total Added=487, 674
G.
Federal Capital
Territory (FCT)
Total TVs for 2014=892,
628
Total TVs for 2015
Polls= 881, 472
Total Deleted=11, 156
Total Added=Zero.
In the third part of this publication of ours, further analysis
will be provided. This will include the geopolitical breakdown of the deleted
registered voters figure of 3, 796, 767, randomly and magisterially deleted by
INEC in November/December 2014; as well as the total figure of 2, 120,
502, which represents the total number of newly registered voters captured by
INEC in 2014 during its continuous voters’ registration exercises across the
country. We will also revisit the State-by-State and geopolitical distribution
of PVCs across the country, which INEC says is 45, 098, 876 as at 4th
February 2015.
Signed:
For:
International Society for Civil Liberties
& the Rule of Law
Emeka Umeagbalasi, B.Sc.
(Hons.) Criminology & Security Studies
Board Chairman,
International Society for Civil Liberties & the Rule of Law +2348174090052(office)
Uzochukwu Oguejiofor,
Esq., (LLB, BL), Head, Campaign & Publicity Department
Obianuju Igboeli, Esq.,
(LLB, BL), Head, Civil Liberties & Rule of Law Program
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