Nigerian vote tough to call as week-long delay may hurt turnout

YOLA, Nigeria/ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian teacher Benjamin Shagu flew 500 km (310 miles) from the east of the country to the capital, Abuja, to vote in the presidential election - only for the vote to be delayed for a week, just five hours before polls had been due to open.

"I have left my students for a week. I can't leave them for another week," said the English teacher - who travelled from the eastern city of Yola - weighing up the expense and disruption in returning to the city in which he registered to vote.