Ahead of that poll Africa’s most populous country is on high alert against the terror group Boko Haram seeking to create an Islamist caliphate in the north east of the country.

The deadline for the distribution of voters’ cards might be allowed to slip beyond Sunday’s deadline.

Conceding this, authorities insist, doesn’t mean the election will be delayed as the government’s security advisor has urged.

Supporters of President Goodluck Jonathan’s chief rival Muhammadu Buhari say he’s trying to put off being defeated.

Meanwhile Boko Haram violence in the north east continues to spill over Nigeria’s borders.

Militants from the terror organisation have killed more than 100 people in the north Cameroon town of Fotokol, murdering residents inside their homes and in a mosque.

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