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Voters who are clearly underage will be jailed, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), if they attempt to cast a ballot in the elections of 2023.<\/p>\n

Festus Okoye, the national commissioner for information and voter education for INEC, made this statement on Monday during an interview on Arise Television\u2019s \u201cThe Morning Show.\u201d<\/p>\n

Okoye claimed that INEC<\/a> had called all of its staff in regions where underage registrations had occurred to remedy the problem.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey will appear before a special panel of the commission and it is still ongoing. We have also made it very clear that any visibly underage person should not on any account, approach any of our polling units on election day because if the person does, the person will be arrested,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe parents will also be arrested for aiding and abetting such a venture.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking further, Okoye said the clean-up of the voters\u2019 register is ongoing, adding that Nigerians would be pleased with the result.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of the data you saw on social media about underage registration were some registrations that took place from 2011 to before the 2019 election,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis commission had the courage to publish the entire register of voters and ask Nigerians to also check to ensure no malicious registrations have gone into our voters\u2019 register.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, we have harvested all the claims and objectives and are cleaning up the voters\u2019 register. We assure Nigerians, that the voters\u2019 register we are going to go into the 2023 general election with will be one they will be proud of.<\/p>\n

\u2018As of today, the voters\u2019 register is hovering around 93.5 million registered voters. On January 16, the commission will publish the official register that will be used for the 2023 elections.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the collection of permanent voter cards (PVCs), the INEC commissioner maintained that PVC collection by proxy is not allowed.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf people made efforts to register, they should also make efforts to come out and collect their PVC. This commission will not, under any circumstance, give out any PVC by proxy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Voters who are clearly underage will be jailed, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), if they attempt to cast a ballot in the elections of 2023. Festus Okoye, the national commissioner for information and voter education for INEC, made this statement on Monday during an interview on Arise Television\u2019s \u201cThe Morning Show.\u201d Okoye 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