The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has redeployed Resident Electoral Commissioners, RECs, in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, in the build-up to the 2015 general elections. The redeployment and directions on handing and taking over formalities were communicated in a letter signed by the secretary to the commission, Augusta Ogakwu, dated December 24, 2014. The chairman of INEC, Attahiru Jega, had stated earlier in the year that the electoral body would change the commissioners ahead of elections to stem accusations of manipulation and potential collusion with state governments. However, mixed reactions have trailed the re-deployment of the RECs as some civil society organisations have criticized the deployment of the RECs to neighbouring states. The move has, however, received more praise across the country as a signal of INEC’s readiness to conduct a transparent election The director of the Centre for Social Justice, CENSOJ, Eze Onyekpere, expressed fears that though operating in familiar terrains may aid prompt execution of duty, it may also create opportunity for compromise. The national publicity secretary of the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties, CNPP, and spokesman of the South East All Progressives Congress, APC Osita Okechukwu, described the move as “pedestrian” while the executive director, Human Rights Monitor, HRM, Festus Okoye, praised the move, stating that there was nothing unusual or sinister in the redeployment exercise. Details of the redeployment are below.