132 ELECTION SECURITY IN NIGERIA: MATTERS ARISING SECURITY CHALLENGES OF ELECTION MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA Edited by'Lai Olurode and Attahiru Jega This book is an output from a conference convened in 2010 to reflect on and plan against the growing culture of electoral violence and security challenges that have bedeviled our electoral system. It was one of the indications that the then newly appointed Attahiru Jega led INEC was determined to turn the tide of Nigerian elections in which each election was worse than the previous one and engage on a new path of organizing elections that are free, fair and credible. It's an important book because the authors are among the best political scientists and political sociologists in Nigeria and include Professor Attahiru Jega,'Lai Olurode, Adebayo, Adekanye, Adele Jinadu and Etannibi Alemika. They are all scholars with a long track record both in quality analysis of our politics and a commitment to deepening democratic politics. The conference objectives were to sensitize both citizens and core stakeholders in election management on security challenges that could affect the 2011 elections and that needed to be addressed; to anticipate and rank order the security challenges to help the planning process for the elections and to assist and prepare security operatives to be good players in running free, fair and credible elections. As Jega explained in ELECTION SECURITY IN NIGERIA: MATTERS ARISING 133