Togo opposition rejects presidential election victory

Togo's main opposition party on Wednesday rejected official presidential election results, which saw incumbent Faure Gnassingbe clinch victory with 58.75 percent of the vote, and instead claimed a win for its candidate.

"CAP 2015 (Combat for Political Change) and its candidate Jean-Pierre Fabre categorically reject the fraudulent results which bear no resemblence to those compiled from reports collected in polling stations by its representatives," said coalition campaign director Patrick Lawson-Banku.

The party "is pleased about the the victory of Jean-Pierre Fabre", he told a news conference.