Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Tom Ikimi,has claimed that the Edo sate governorship result was manipulated to favour the All Progressives Congress.

In an interview with Punch on Thursday, Ikimi said the results were not in tandem with the peoples’ choice.

He said, “All I can say is that I dispute the election completely. I take the view expressed by our candidate that the outcome of the election as announced by INEC is completely at variance with what happened on the  ground.

“So we dispute it completely and we will seek redress through constitutional means.

“I’m not totally surprised at the process of the election.

“But I take the view that INEC and all those who were responsible for the conduct of the election will abide by the attitude that is being openly expressed by President Muhammad Buhari that they should not interfere in the electoral processes.

“The president is one person who has gone through this process in the past. And he knows very well that everyone should have a free and fair election. That is why we feel this shouldn’t have been like that.

“Like I said before I abide by the position that my party has taken on the election. It is at variance with the anti-corruption stance of the Federal Government.”

Azeez