INEC registers 184,064 new voters in Benue

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says a full of 184,064 caller voters person been registered successful Benue State during the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise.

The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) successful the state, Mallam Aminu Idris, disclosed this on Thursday during his archetypal property briefing held astatine the INEC authorities bureau successful Makurdi.

According to him, the fig covers lone caller registrations recorded successful the archetypal and 2nd phases of the exercise.

He explained that 55,866 caller voters were registered successful the archetypal phase, portion the 2nd signifier recorded 128,198 registrations, bringing the full to 184,064.

“The fig represents lone caller registrations. We besides person thousands of cases involving transportation of registration, replacement of mislaid oregon damaged PVCs, and updates of elector details,” Idris said.

He added that the 3rd and last signifier of the CVR workout began connected May 11, 2026, and volition adjacent on July 10, 2026, urging eligible residents who are yet to registry to instrumentality vantage of the opportunity.

“The workout is inactive ongoing, and we promote each eligible citizens who person turned 18 but are not yet registered to...