Nigeria, Nov. 3 -- The Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Tony Ojukwu, identified, on Monday, the non-prosecution of electoral offenders as a challenge to free and fair elections.

Mr Ojukwu, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), said electoral offences will remain a problem in Nigeria as long as people can commit the crimes and get away without consequences.

He spoke when he hosted a delegation from the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) at the NHRC headquarters in Abuja.

The visiting delegation was led by the Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel (SRSG) and Head of UNOWAS, Leonardo Simao.

The visit discussed Nigeria's political and...