Much Nigerian polling takes place out of doors and the storm, which flooded roads, drove many voters scurrying for cover, AFP reporters in Lagos and the southwestern town of Abeokuta said.

A spokesman for the Independent National Electoral Commission in Lagos, Ayodele Folami, confirmed that some voting had been disrupted, but said that anyone queueing outside a polling centre at 3:00 pm (1500 GMT) would be able to vote.

Further north in the city of Ibadan the storm lasted for around one-and-a-half hours before blowing over, allowing outdoor polling to resume, an AFP correspondent in the city said.

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