Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation was scheduled to
vote in presidential elections on Saturday, but the poll has been
postponed by six weeks due to security concerns.
Reuters photographer Akintunde Akinleye
captured portraits of Nigerians and asked them about their views on the
upcoming elections as well as their hopes and concerns for the country.
The decision to delay this week's election on the
advice of security forces creates a worrying echo for some of the
annulment of 1993's democratic vote by a military government.
The election in Africa's biggest economy was set to be the closest fought since the end of military dictatorship in 1999.
President Goodluck Jonathan is seeking re-election in a
contest with main opposition candidate Muhammadu Buhari, himself a
former military ruler.
Garuba Musa, 27, an ethnic Hausa Muslim is from the
north of Nigeria and hopes the upcoming Presidential election is
peaceful but fears Boko Haram may hamper the process.
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