The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it had received 126 case files from the Nigerian Police for the prosecution of electoral violence during the conduct of the 2015 general election till date.
The INEC chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), disclosed this when he received the Inspector General of Police Special Investigative Panel on the December 10 Rivers State Legislative rerun, on Wednesday, in Abuja.
Yakubu said 61 out of the files received on the election offenders had been successfully prosecuted as a result of INEC’s 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 election and the rerun 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.

click link 4 full story http://www.angle909ja.com/2017/01/electoral-violence-inec-receives-120.html