Nigeria, March 20 -- The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ladi Adebutu, says masked men carrying AK47 rifles disrupted the electoral process and rigged last Saturday's election in favour of Governor Dapo Abiodun.

The governorship candidate said this on Monday at a press conference in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State.

Mr Adebutu said the PDP has discovered over 14,000 votes allegedly fraudulently counted in favour of the APC governorship candidate.

He said agents of the party have been able to identify 10,000 excess votes in one local government area and another 4,000 excess votes in Ogijo, Sagamu.

Mr Abiodun was declared the winner having polled 276,298 while Mr Adebutu of the PDP and Biyi Otegbeye of A...