African Union deploys 50-man team to monitor Nigeria election

The chairperson, African Union Commission (AUC), DR Dlamini Zuma  has appointed former Mozambique President, Joaquim Alberto-Chissano, to lead a 50-member election observers to Nigeria’s general election in February.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that Zuma gave the approval on Thursday, in Addis Ababa, ahead of Nigeria’s general election expected to hold between February 14 and 28.
Chissano is to be assisted by the AU Commissioner for Political Affairs, Dr Aisha Abdullahi.
NAN reported that the commission had earlier deployed a team of 15 long-term electoral experts to the country under the African Union Election Observation Mission (AUEOM).
Zuma said the long-term experts would remain in the country until March 11 to observe all the critical stages of the electoral process.
Also international groups to deploy over 800 election observers to Nigeria
An international group, Africa Youth International Development Foundation (AFYIDEF), has unfolded plans to deploy over 800 observers to monitor the general election across the country.
This was as it called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare its level of preparations in terms of logistics and security for accredited observers.