Nigeria, July 4 -- An aspirant in the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election for the Omupo State Constituency, Hon. Mukaila Jimoh Adigun, has rejected claims surrounding the outcome of the party's primary election in the area, describing attempts to declare Hon. Lawal Sulaimon Duduyemi as the APC's candidate for Omupo constituency as contrary to the provisions of the party's constitution and established electoral guidelines.

In a statement issued by his campaign organization on Friday in Ilorin, Hon. Mukaila said the controversy currently trailing the primary election in Omupo State Constituency was avoidable, recalling that prior to the primary exercise, some party stakeholders in the state constituency had formally petitione...