 Chairman of the Independence National Electro-Commission, INAIC, Professor Mahmoud Yakubo, has called for a rarely security preparation for the off-cycle governorship elections in Edo and Ando state. Professor Yakubo made a call at a quarterly meeting of the Interagency Consultative Committee on Election Security, where he paid tribute to the security agencies for the role they played during the 2020 governorship elections in the two states which he attributed to early planning. The meeting also paid tribute to the officers and men of the Nigerian Army who lost their lives while on a peace mission in Okhwama, community of Delta State, and neighboring Bajasa states. It is important to start security preparations early. In particular, the number of personnel and other assets to be deployed to strategic locations should be determined and mobilized early enough. It was this proactive approach that led to the successful conduct of the last governorship election in Edo state on 19th September 2020 and in Ando state on 10th October 2020. There are no security incidents, materials were deployed promptly, logistics deployed smoothly, polling units opened on time, voters attended to efficiently, our results collated and announced transparently. Let us replicate the successful conduct of the last governorship elections in Edo and Ando states. In fact, working together we should ensure that the 2024 governorship elections in Edo and Ando states an improvement on the success story of 2020. Yaqobu reminded political parties participating in the Edo governorship elections that the nomination portal for the election would automatically shut down on Sunday March 24, which is today advising those yet to upload the names and particulars of the candidate to do so without delay. Last by election and we run election in 26 states. I want to say that the deployment of security was quite impressive and largely due to the support received from the government and this shall be repeated in the subsequent election that have been organized. Now leveraging on the positive outcome of the elections we have had so far, the police and other security agencies are ready to replicate this success, this success story in the coming of cycle governorship elections in Edo and Ando states. We have been interfacing with the CPs in the two commands, have identified all the flash points and we have continued to work on the threat profile of these of the two states to ensure that when we deploy, we'll deploy in line with what is required to ensure each free election in the two states. As usual, we'll continue to bank on the support of the INEC, federal government and other security agencies to ensure that the police will repeat what they have been doing over the years and ensure each free elections in these two states.