'Lai Olurode workshop. The author commended INEC for its agenda setting role through the novel creation of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security(ICCES). The author was however displeased with INEC's planning and strategic coordination. His criticism went thus:“The seeming absence of an evacuation plan for poll staff and ad hoc personnel from crisis areas when the violence broke out for instance is a major planning flaw for an election in which the most pedestrian assessment anticipated violence even if not on the scale witnessed'. He cautioned on the imperative of upgrading INEC's internal capacity for an organic security function in order to reflect the growing proportion of security planning coordination responsibilities that INEC is saddled with. In apportioning blame to INEC on matters pertaining to election security, legal constraints in election security matters are often glossed over. Existing legal regimes are incapable of responsibly responding to security challenges in election. Not having its own security personnel, INEC has to fall back on the conventional police for election security. The existing legal regime is inadequate in the context of present day realities. The existing legal regime could not have contemplated the present security challenges of kidnapping, abductions and other dastardly acts of terrorism. The legal constraints are the focus of chapter three by Ibrahim Bawa. No doubt, the prosecution of electoral offenders, considering their share number would constitute a huge drain of INEC's meager resources and indeed a distraction from its major mandate. 10 ELECTION SECURITY IN NIGERIA: MATTERS ARISING Election Security in Nigeria: Is there a Silver Lining? Though, some successful prosecutions had been recorded, this was a far cry from what ought to be. Some stakeholders continue to reiterate the wisdom in unbundling INEC. Perhaps, three other commissions or bodies can grow out of it to do the following prosecution of electoral offenders, delimitation of electoral constituencies and registration and regulation of political parties. Of course, election security in theory differs from its actual practice. It is important to build synergy. This was the perspective of a key player in election administration as contained in chapter four by Mike Igini who is one of the Resident Electoral Commissioners. We are reminded by the author that election security has been as old as Nigeria's elections. The author wrote from the perspective of an insider and shared his experiences with readers on specific measures that he undertook in securing the governorship election of February 2012 in Cross River State. The author, without any attempt at pontification, elaborated on what he calls the Cross River State model on election security. I think, there is something unique to this model, in the posting of security personnel, the chart contained such details as the name of security personnel, service organization, command or unit location, service number, mobile phone number, local government area of deployment, registration area and polling unit. This template has a strong appeal as a guide to deployment and in establishing culpability. He agreed with the author of chapter three, his learned colleague, that enforcement of the relevant laws is the bane of election security in Nigeria. According to Igini,'simply put, enforcement ELECTION SECURITY IN NIGERIA: MATTERS ARISING 11