The Chairman of INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, disclosed this at a dialogue with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), a coalition of over 60 CSOs, in Abuja.
Jega said at the first meeting with the group after the elections, that those being prosecuted included a former Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) as well as youth corps members.
He called on the public to furnish the commission with evidence of electoral breaches.
"Prior to the conduct of the elections, the Inspector-General of Police was very proactive and established a committee.
"The committee is headed by a Deputy Inspector-General of Police to work with INEC for speedy prosecution of electoral offenders,’’ he said.
"We believe that this will help us have more prosecution of electoral offenders than in previous elections.
"Similarly, the Nigerian Bar Association has requested INEC for a meeting, to further explore the possibility of working together for them to provide some services to hasten the process of prosecuting electoral offenders.
"Altogether, we should be able to prosecute as many electoral offenders as we have evidence to prosecute.
"There are already clear cut cases where the police have apprehended people red-handed.
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"This is one area where we didn't do much in 2011. Not that we didn't try but we were overwhelmed by the numbers of offenders and we couldn't handle it.
"Now with partnership with other organisations, we should be able to do so."
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