Nigeria has
ordered the closure of all its land and sea borders ahead of Saturday's tightly
contested elections.
Intelligence reports indicated that
foreigners planned to cross into Nigeria to vote, Interior Minister Patrick
Abba Moro told the BBC.
The presidential and parliamentary
polls are expected to be the most tightly contested since military rule ended
in 1999.
Nigeria is also battling an insurgency
along its northern-eastern border.
Regional forces have been recapturing
territory from the Boko Haram insurgents in the last six weeks.
A government statement said the borders
would be shut from midnight on Wednesday to midnight on Saturday, local time,
to ensure the vote went off peacefully.
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