The loser in Nigeria’s presidential elections, Olu Falae, has reiterated he will challenge the results of Saturday’s poll. In an interview with AFP, Falae - of the joint Alliance for Democracy/All People’s Party (AD/APP) - said he would take up allegations of massive vote rigging with the country’s election tribunal within two weeks, as requested by law. The decision was taken by the AD and APP, he added. He rejected calls for him to accept the result, which saw former military ruler Olusegun Obasanjo of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) elected president. “How can they say I should condone fraud? I can’t do that,” Falae said.
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