INEC denied migrating voters to polling units different from their original polling units during the FCT elections.
INEC Voter Education and Publicity (VEP) Acting Director, Wilfred Ifogah, in a statement, said what the commission did was to create split polling units in large polling units with voter registration of over 1,250 voters to avoid congestion on election day.
Ifogah stated, “The commission, however, noted challenges encountered by some voters in locating their designated polling units.
“Contrary to the claim in some quarters that some voters were migrated to another/ new polling units different from their original polling units, the commission wishes to state categorically that voters were not migrated, what the commission did was to create split polling units in large polling units with voters registration of over 1,250 voters to avoid congestion on election day.
“The split units are located some few meters away from the original polling units within the same premises.”
Ifogah added, “The public will recall that the commission displayed the register of voters at designated centres/split polling units four days to the Area Council elections to enable voters confirm their details and polling unit locations.”
He stated that text messages/emails were sent to the affected voters on February 18, 19, 20, and 21 indicating the actual locations of their split polling units. He said the messages were intended solely as reminders to assist voters in identifying their current polling units.
Ifogah said according to the commission’s Election Operations Dashboard, 45 per cent of polling units opened for voting at 8:30am, while all polling units were confirmed open by 10am on Election Day.
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