Mike Igini unwholesome purposes; that some security personnel abandon their duty posts shortly after reporting to the polling units or collation points; that the identities of security operatives were usually hidden on election days because they do not wear or display their names and service number tags on their uniforms amongst other noted observations during previous elections. To check these and other related problems associated with deployment of security operatives, the following steps were taken: Step1. A model posting chart was developed. The chart contained the following information: name of the security personnel, service organization, command or unit location, service number, mobile phone number, LGA of deployment, Registration Area and Polling Unit or collation centre. Step 2. The posting was completed within a reasonable time frame to allow for mass production of the copies of the posting document. Step 3. The postings were released to the Electoral Officers for downward distribution to the Supervisory Presiding Officers and the Presiding Officers as they affected them respectively. Step 4. Copies of the posting were released to heads of security agencies, head of INEC Operation department, the Commission's staff supervisors, including visiting election supervising National Commissioners and Resident Electoral Commissioners. 54 ELECTION SECURITY IN NIGERIA: MATTERS ARISING Election Security in Theory and Practice: Perspective of a Resident Electoral Commissioner Step 5. Duty registers were maintained at the polling units and collation centers to be signed by deployed security personnel as a confirmatory check on the deployment schedule. Outcome: At the end of the two elections, no report of abandonment of duty by security personnel was received. Only one report was received on the misconduct of two security personnel that failed to rescue an NYSC member, who was ill­treated by some thugs for her refusal to compromise her duties. The affected security personnel were easily identified with the aid of the deployment schedule and responsibilities were easily placed on them by their service organization. 4.5 Enhanced Communication Network The newly designed deployment of election personnel form, which is essentially to capture personal data of election ad hoc staff, made it possible for the commission in the state to compile and maintain a comprehensive list of mobile numbers of all ad-hoc and permanent personnel who were involved in the election. Using the form, it was possible for the first time, for the staff in the situation or election monitoring room in the state head office, to resolve challenges or problems or share relevant information timely with all categories of election personnel, like the presiding officers who are the managers of polling units and the supervising presiding officers in charge of clusters of polling units in Registration Areas(RA) or wards. In most cases telephone conferencing was used to resolve issues with affected parties and complainants together with the concerned polling officials and especially security personnel. ELECTION SECURITY IN NIGERIA: MATTERS ARISING 55