APC’s director of Research, Planning, Strategy and Intelligent Matters, Bartholomew Ugwoke, has rejected his membership of APC South-East Front in support of the presidential ambition of the Senate President Ahmad Lawan.

Mr Ugwoke, a chieftain of APC from Enugu, said he was not consulted by the coordinator or any member of Mr Lawan’s support group before his name was published in an advertorial placed in a national newspaper.

A statement by Mr Ugwoke on Thursday, said his position as a director limited him from supporting any APC presidential aspirant.

The former APC chair in Enugu explained that he could only show his support for a candidate of the party, not an aspirant.

“I have read with dismay an advertorial placed by the APC South-East Front supporting the candidature of the Senate President Ahmad Lawan for the presidential ticket of APC, with my name on the Enugu list,” he stated. “I must say sincerely that there was no time I was consulted by the coordinator or any member of the Front for my consent. As a director in the national headquarters of our party, I understand that there are limitations on my support for party aspirants.”

Mr Ugwoke added, “I can only support a party candidate and not an aspirant as supporting an aspirant as a director will affect my discharge of duties.”

(NAN)