POLICE SUBMITS 126 ELECTION VIOLENCE CASES TO INEC FOR PRESECUTION

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Nigerian Police Force, NPF has submitted 126 cases of electoral violence to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC for prosecution.

The 126 cases were identified in relation to the 2015 general election. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the revelation when he received the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Special Investigative Panel on Dec. 10 Rivers State Legislative Rerun Election today in Abuja.

According to him, 61 offenders have been successfully prosecuted as a result of INEC collaboration with security agencies on the matter.

“We have cooperated with the security agencies particularly the police in past in prosecuting electoral offenders. Since 2015 general elections and the rerun elections in 2016, we have received 120 case files from the police for prosecution.

“I am happy to say that we have so far recorded 61 successful prosecutions as a result of the cooperation with the security agencies The biggest one came after the disruption of the April 2016 re-run elections in Kano state, in a constituency in Minjibir Local Government Area.

“In the election, over 40 offenders were successfully prosecuted in a joint effort between the commission and the security agency. The highest number of prosecution the commission has ever achieved,’’ he said.