South-East: Abia records 460,011 new voters, only 21,528 collect PVCs

As Nigeria prepares for the 2027 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says only 21,528 of the 460,011 additional voters registered in Abia State have collected their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), about 4.7%. Abia Resident Electoral Commissioner Professor Sylvia Agu said the cards were arriving in batches and that the collection figure was current as of October 22, 2026. The state had 2,620,151 registered voters, compared with 2,180,140 in 2023, while updated figures for Imo and Ebonyi have not yet been released. The South-East has 11,976,218 registered voters, or 11.58% of Nigeria’s register, the lowest share among the six geopolitical zones.