Nigeria, May 20 -- Two aspirants in Monday's senatorial primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti North Senatorial District have rejected the result of the exercise, alleging manipulation and falsification.

The aspirants - Ayodele Arise and Dare Owolabi - spoke separately on the outcome of the exercise on Tuesday.

The APC Senatorial Primary Election Committee had declared the incumbent senator for the district, Dare Fasuyi, the winner of the exercise.

The committee said Mr Fasuyi got 14,179 votes, while Mr Arise secured 4,868 votes, Mr Owolabi 2,836 votes, and Dipo Bamisaye 3,694 votes.

However, both Messrs Arise and Owolabi insisted that they won the shadow poll based on results collated from 33 wards where the...