Nigeria, Nov. 5 -- Over 2.8 million voters are registered to vote in Saturday's off-cycle governorship election in Anambra State.

The figure, recently released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), marks a significant increase from 2.65 million registered for the 2023 general election in the state.

The commission's spokesperson, Sam Olumekun, in a statement on 4 September, said the register was compiled after the July Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise and a biometric clean-up that removed 27,817 multiple entries.

The exercise resulted in 140,370 new valid voters and 5,983 transfer approvals, adding 146,353 individuals to the voter roll.

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