Nigeria, May 29 -- An aspirant for the Ahiazu-Mbaise Constituency seat in the Imo State House of Assembly, Obinna Ezechukwu, has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of handpicking a woman as a candidate after allegedly extorting him and five other aspirants for the ticket.

In a video clip that surfaced on Instagram on Wednesday, Mr Ezechukwu alleged that the APC extorted him and other aspirants by selling nomination and expression of interest forms, and then imposed a female candidate on the constituency.

"We were six aspirants that purchased forms from Ahiazu-Mbaise and we spent over N10 million each in processing the forms. The party gave us hope that there would be an open primary.

"While we were preparing ourselves for the ...