Nigeria, Nov. 4 -- Austin Nwachukwu, leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) state chairpersons, has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of intimidating the party's candidates ahead of the 2027 polls in Ebonyi State.

"Our candidates in Ebonyi have been emasculated, tortured, criminalised, even made to run after people, wherein our governorship candidate has also been barred from entering Ebonyi for campaigning because of the threats by Governor Francis Nwifuru," Mr Nwachukwu said on Channels Television's Politics Today programme on Tuesday.

Mr Nwachukwu, the chairman of PDP in Imo State who chairs the forum of PDP state chairmen across the country, said Governor Nwifiru of the APC allegedly gave local government chai...