US Secretary of State John Kerry was due in Nigeria Sunday, just weeks away from closely fought elections overshadowed by fears about mounting Boko Haram violence and poll-related unrest.

The TCS CEO made the statement when taking over as the chair of the IT governors steering committee of the WEF at Davos.

In the wake of the Sony hack late last year, cyber-security has been a hot button topic at the four-day World Economic Forum at Davos.