Mike Igini To facilitate election security in Nigeria, a national strategic policy for the purpose should be put in place using the legislative template and the strengthening of ICCES forevery election. Adaptations of this national security template for elections in Cross River state resulted in some innovations such as the distribution of a list of deployed security personnel to stakeholders. Based on the lessons learnt and gaps identified from effecting such security template and its adaptations, recommendations are made for improving election security in future, including amending weaknesses in the legislative framework, the need to establish an election offences commission to expeditiously pursue the prosecution of election offences, the continuing education of voters and the institution of speedy and effective conflict resolution mechanisms. No country can gloss over security challenges, it has become a global concern. The need to sustain and improve upon INEC's responses to election security conundrum cannot be over emphasized. 60 ELECTION SECURITY IN NIGERIA: MATTERS ARISING Election Security in Theory and Practice: Perspective of a Resident Electoral Commissioner References 1. Independent Electoral Commission(IEC) of South Africa,(2007). Annual report to the National Assembly for the financial year ended 31 March, 2007. Pretoria. 2. European Union(EU), 2012. Elections failed to bring Ukriane closer to the EU, says MEPs. European Union External relations Plenary Session Report. 13 December, 2012. Brussels. 3. Federal Republic of Nigeria. 2010. Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria(As Amended). The Federal Government Printer, Abuja. 4. Gagare, O.(2008). Zimbabwe 2008 Election:'Taken by a gun not a pen'. Mail& Guardian, 10 th August, 2012. Johannesburg. 5. Githaigara, N.(2011). Tension over DRC Elections, A failure of early warning. African Conflict Prevention Program. 188 Nairobi. Available at Polityorg.za. Creamer Media Pty Ltd. 6. INEC. 2011. Election Manual. The Electoral Institute, INEC, March 2011. 7. Jackson, D.(2012). How Obama won re-election. USA Today. Nov 2012. 8.'Lai Olurode, 2011 9.'Lai Olurode and Attahiru M. Jega, 2011. 10. OSCE.(2009). Report of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe(OSCE) Observation Mission to Kyrgyzstan Election. OSCE Office of Democratic ELECTION SECURITY IN NIGERIA: MATTERS ARISING 61