The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Attahiru Jega said that the commission had put in place appropriate measures to ensure that the supplementary elections were successful.

Supplementary elections will take place in three Nigerian states of Imo, Abia and Taraba, where the governorship elections were declared inconclusive after the 11 april election. There will also be elections in Yobe, Kogi and Delta states.

Jega said that INEC had deployed key personnel from the headquarters, including three National Commissioners and Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) to each of the states where there would be supplementary elections.

“In addition to the National Commissioners and the RECs, we have also deployed at least one supervisory staff from the headquarters to each of the wards in these states.

“We are going to be very meticulous also in monitoring what goes on in the field, pay attention to our staff and ad-hoc staff to ensure that they discharge their responsibilities impartially, competently and professionally.

“We believe that doing these will go a long way to ensuring that things go well and also protect the credibility of the supplementary elections,’’ he said.