…North-West, South-West top zones
A breakdown of the 93.469 million voters shows that the 20 states of the North have 50,161,722 voters while the South has 43,305,286 votes
Among the six geo-political zones, the North-West has the highest number of voters with 22,255,562 voters. It is followed by South-West which has 17,958,966 and North-Central including Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory with 15,363,731 voters.
South-East has the least number of voters with 10,905,606 followed by North-East, 12,542,429; and South-South, 14,440,71
A state-by-state breakdown showed that Lagos State with 7,060,195 registered voters topped the register, followed by Kano with 5,921,370 and Kaduna with 4,335,208.
Ekiti has the least number of voters with 987,647 followed by Bayelsa, 1,056,862; and Yobe, 1,485,146.
Others include:
Abia-2,120,808
Adamawa – 2,196,566
Akwa-Ibom -2,357,418
Anambra- 2,656,437
Bauchi – 2,749,268
Benue – 2,777,727
Borno – 2,513,281
Cross River – 1,766,466
Delta – 3,221,697
Ebonyi – 1,597,646
Edo -2,501,081
Enugu – 2,112,793
FCT, Abuja – 1,570,307
Gombe 1,575,794
Imo – 2,419,922
Jigawa – 2,351,298
Katsina – 3,516,719
Kebbi – 2,032,041
Kogi -1,932,654
Kwara -1,695,927
Nasarawa – 1,899,244
Niger- 2,698,344
Ogun- 2,688,305
Ondo -1,991,344
Osun- 1,954,800
Oyo -3,276,675
Plateau- 2,789,528
Rivers- 3,537,190
Sokoto -2,172,056
Taraba-2,022,374
Yobe -1,485,146
Zamfara – 1,926,870.
(Vanguard)
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