The incident comes after several Twitter accounts of prominent personalities were hacked in July.

The BBC's Nigeria correspondent, Will Ross, met two prominent personalities who have performed staggering U-turns.

The Supreme Court's rulings reverberated in Hollywood, where some of the entertainment industry's most prominent personalities advocate gay rights.

Other prominent personalities such as former trade minister Rafidah Aziz and ex-central bank governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz also do not wear the hijab.

The "Talks at GS" events are a series of interviews Goldman hosts regularly which feature prominent personalities from business and other walks of life.

Here are some reactions from prominent personalities and ordinary voters to the election, in which some 26.8 million people are eligible to cast ballots.