INEC Releases South-South Voter Figures, Rivers Tops With 3.7m

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that Rivers State leads the South-South geopolitical zone with 3,736,434 registered voters out of a total of 15,823,550 voters across the region ahead of the 2027 general elections.
INEC Chairman, Professor Joash O. Amupitan, SAN, disclosed this on Saturday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, during the Commission’s South-South Zonal Interactive Meeting with Staff and Readiness Assessment.
Amupitan stressed that no eligible voter should be disenfranchised through administrative negligence or logistical failure, charging electoral officials to ensure adequate preparations for the forthcoming elections.
He said the readine...