Nigeria, April 9 -- Valentine Ozigbo, an aspirant in the just concluded governorship primary of the APC in Anambra State, has petitioned the party's Appeals Committee over the conduct of the exercise.

Mr Ozigbo, who recently defected to the APC from the Labour Party, said in a statement on Tuesday that the APC governorship primary was a "fraud and charade."

"The sham of April 5 was not just a fraud against me; it was a theft against Ndi Anambra.

"To the architects of that manipulation, I say this: The future cannot be bribed or bullied. The people are watching. History is recording," he stated.

A former House of Representatives member, Nicholas Ukachukwu, won the APC governorship election conducted on Saturday.

Mr Ukachukwu scored 1,...