'Lai Olurode and MK Hammanga profile and professional one at that. The African Union Election Observer Mission also confirmed that security agents were visible in all the polling stations and they conducted themselves in a professional manner. The group also attested to the heavy deployment of security along the roads nationwide. 8. Bayo Adekanye and Rachael Iyanda:'Security Challenges in Election Management in Nigeria: an Overview', Lai Olurode and Attahiru Jega(eds.) op. cit. 9. Sections 214 and 215 of the 1999 constitution. The Inspector General of Police and State Commissioners of Police are not obliged to obey state governors on security matters in their states unless the President or his Minister in charge of police directs so- see section 215(4) which says,'Subject to the provisions of this section, the Governor of a state or such Commissioner of the Government of the State as he may authorize in that behalf, may give to the Commissioner of Police of that Sate such lawful directions with the respect to the maintenance and security of public safety and public order within the state as he may consider necessary, and the Commissioner of Police shall comply with those directions or cause them to be complied with provided that before carrying out any such directions under the forgoing provisions of this subsection the Commissioner of Police may request that the matter be referred to the President or such Minister of the Government of the Federation as may be authorized in that behalf by the 84 ELECTION SECURITY IN NIGERIA: MATTERS ARISING Deployment of Security Personnel in Elections: Challenges and Lessons from the Field President for his directions'. Thus subsection 5 is conclusive as a final seal on the limited power of the governor of a state. It says'The question whether any, and if so what, directions have been given under this section shall not be inquired into any court'. 10. See police conduct in several of the impeachment cases see accounts as given by Akin Ibidapo Obe,'The Theory and Practice of Impeachment', Lai Olurode(ed. 2007) Impeachment and the Rule of Law: The Future of Democracy in Nigeria(University of Lagos, Faculty of Social Sciences). 11. See newspapers comment on whether or not state police should be The Sun, The Nation and The Punch, Aug. 14, 15, 16 and 17, 2012; see also The Punch (August 22, 2012) incisive editorial on the surprising recant and resistance of some governors to the creation of state police in a federal system. 9. See The Punch, July 12, 2012 which reported on'Reps in Rowdy Session over Deployment of Soldiers'. The federal government had allegedly deployed 3,500 soldiers to secure the Edo State election in addition to conventional policemen already deployed. Action Congress of Nigeria(ACN) member from Edo State had complained of large deployment of troops to Edo when the state was not at war, members shouted him down. The house had to hurriedly adjourn. ELECTION SECURITY IN NIGERIA: MATTERS ARISING 85