The Christian Association of Nigeria has denied its purported endorsement
of Ayo Fayose's presidential bid saying it is not in the character of the
association to endorse
candidates. This was contained in a statement issued by
the body which quoted its director of national issues, Bishop Stephen Adegbite
as saying:
“It has come to our notice that it is in the media that our secretariat
wrote a letter endorsing the candidature of Governor Peter Ayodele Fayose of
Ekiti State for President come 2019.
“This is a farce and should be completely disregarded by all and sundry.
“CAN, as we all know, is the umbrella body of all Christians in Nigeria;
so, how on earth can the organisation come out to support or endorse the
candidature of anyone?
“What we do as a body is to pray to God to choose leaders that will do
His will and bring comfort to His people through good governance and counsel
where necessary. We don’t endorse candidates, we have never done that and we do
not intend to start that now.
“We urge all Christians to continue to pray for our country, Nigeria, and
for the leadership at the helm of affairs today to succeed in delivering the
dividends of democracy to all Nigerians not minding their ethnic or religious
colouration.”
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