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Professor Attahiru Jega, Wednesday, admitted that INEC had not done enough to prosecute electoral offenders after the April 2011 elections.

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, on Wednesday admitted that the commission had not done enough to prosecute electoral offenders after the April 2011 general elections.

Jega spoke at a stakeholders’ consultative forum at the Secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists as part of preparations for the February 11 election.

He blamed the police for failing to prosecute a senator accused of engaging in electoral malpractices in the state during the April election.

“It is true that with regard to the prosecution of electoral offenders, INEC has disappointed many Nigerians. I promised Nigerians that we will prosecute electoral offenders. I meant it. The commission meant it and we have done our best,” he said.

Jega was reacting to doubts raised by stakeholders that INEC had not been consistent and fair to the state in the past elections.