The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is to prosecute 72 out of some 93,000 cases of double registration recorded in 2011 in Anambra.
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The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Prof. Chukwuemeka Onukogu, made the disclosure while speaking with newsmen in Awka on Saturday.
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He said that the prosecution would serve as a deterrent to other intending electoral offenders in the state.
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Onukaogu said that INEC was determined to make election a process in Nigeria and not an event.
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He said that the commission was able to detect the fraud during the data consolidation process, finding people with multiple registrations.
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"We have their names, pictures, addresses and gradually all of them will be caught and prosecuted but we are starting with 72 persons. The state police command had been notified.
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The commissioner said that INEC had improved over the years, noting that loopholes of yesteryears had been plugged.
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He warned voters to desist from violating electoral laws.