Nigeria, Jan. 30 -- The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU-EOM) is set to deploy about a 100 observers for the coming general elections in Nigeria.

Speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Monday, the EU-EOM Chief Observer, Barry Andrews, said the observers would be deployed to all of Nigeria's 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja on election day.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has scheduled 25 February for the Presidential and National Assembly elections and 11 March for the Governorship and States Houses of Assembly elections.

Mr Andrews said the mission would not interfere with the electoral process or make statements that could be seen as interfering with political conversatio...