 The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has again expressed concerns about the various court orders it has continued to receive, based on the November 11th offseason governorship elections in Emo, Kogi and Bayosa states. INEC's concerns came on a day the Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, General Christopher Musa, gave assurance of secured elections in the three states. According to the Commission, the development is capable of jeopardizing its plans for the elections, as it had had to continually reprint sensitive election materials, which it said are not easily procured of the shelf. INEC Chairman Professor Mamoud Yakubu expressed the concerns at the quarterly consultative meeting with political parties at the Commission's headquarters in Abuja. As election campaigns continue to intensify, the Commission reads threats is concerned about the spread of violence in the three states involving parties and candidates, which remind you as party leaders that free and fair elections are only possible in an atmosphere of peace. On the issue of candidature, the Commission is concerned about the spread of recent judgments and orders of courts in respect of the nomination, substitution or disqualification of candidates after all the sensitive materials have been printed.