Nigeria security chief Sambo Dasuki calls for election delay

APC presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari alights from a plane  [PHOTO: REUTERS]

Nigeria should delay next month’s elections to give organisers more time to distribute millions of biometric ID cards to voters, the country’s top security official has said.

Sambo Dasuki, President Goodluck Jonathan’s National Security adviser, said he had told the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that a postponement within the three months allowed by the law would be a good idea.