Wednesday, March 23, 2011

INEC-NBA team to prosecute 870,612 offenders

Punch
22 March 2011

INEC-NBA team to prosecute 870,612 offenders 

The 870,612 people found to have been involved in double registration during the just concluded voter registration across the country will soon be prosecuted, the Independent National Electoral Commission has said.

The Chairman of the commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, had while announcing the final list of registered voters in Abuja on March 3, 2011,disclosed that 870,612 persons were involved in double registration.

He added that some of those involved in the crime were “high profile Nigerians”

About 73.58 million people registered during the exercise that ended on February 5.

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