'Lai Olurode The realization we came uponthe need to involve these other stakeholdersmade us arrive at the conclusion of the workshop that first, INEC would have to continue to engage all stakeholders in the election business. Elections are about partnership and INEC working alone cannot travel far. Synergy is the key word. Second, INEC must continue to think and act security as it continues the struggle to navigate the complex electoral landscape of Nigeria and neutralize the political toxics that are determined to continue to undermine the electoral process. Although it is evident from our findings that some achievements had been made in the area of democratic and electoral reforms, the same cannot yet be admitted for the required alteration in the mindset of the political class as far as election security goes. INEC thus has to continue to partner with security personnel if our elections are to satisfy the minimum requirements of credibility, acceptability and believability within and outside Nigeria. The journey to conducting elections without security personnel has however begun. Given this silver lining of elections taking place without the presence of security personnel, the caution without police, there will be no elections made by the chairman of the senate committee on police and election at the commencement of this chapter seems realistic only in the interim. 1.4 About the Book This book is on the broad theme of election security and it seeks to present perspectives from stakeholders. It is not often that we hear from stakeholders. The methodology that the workshop adopted was one that provided a platform for academics, election practitioners, security agents, an array of stakeholders and others to bare their minds with the sole objective of building on previous 20 Introduction: Electoral Reforms and Election Security heritage and advances made so far, particularly since 2010 on election security in Nigeria. The targets of the workshop are members of the road transport unions; NURTW, the youths and other non-state actors. In focusing on transport workers, we wish to call attention to their centrality to not just election logistics but also to reiterate their role in mitigating election insecurity. The popular perception of road transport workers is that they are vulnerable to being recruited to compromise credible elections. As a means of underscoring the strategic importance of the unions and their members, a paper on understanding the'power broker' role of transport workers was presented in Chapter Three by'Lai Olurode. The paper was both theoretical and practical as it tries to answer the question whether indeed transport workers and their union could be regarded as power brokers in the true sense of the term. The paper also explored ways in which transport workers and their unions can be made to serve a number of public purposes. It was also clear that interferences by members of the political class in the affairs of the unions and their members were common. As part of its conclusion, the paper averred that a formal partnership between INEC and the unions will be mutually beneficial to both parties. In Chapter Four, the author Jadi Suleiman draws a connection between drug use and election, and subsequently pointed out ways in which drug use can promote anti-social behaviours that are capable of undermining elections credibility. Illicit drug use was implicated in the entire gamut of electoral process. He asserts that powerful politicians make sure that they induce illicit drug use on their supporters during all phases of the electoral process. Drug use was most common among youths. The paper hinted at efforts that 21