2019 election: CAN speaks on ‘endorsement’ of Buhari
claims that it has endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari for 2019
election.
It said its attention was drawn to reports with the title, 'CAN says
no vacancy in Aso Rock, endorses Buhari, Oshiomhole'.
The body said after reading the report, it realised that the statement
was issued by a political movement, Change Advocates of Nigeria, with
the same acronym, CAN.
Pastor Adebayo Oladeji, spokesman to CAN President, Rev Dr Samson
Olasupo Ayokunle, in a statement sent to DAILY POST, reiterated that
the Christian body had not endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari or any
other presidential aspirant for election.
"We wish to urge the general public to discountenance the claim
because it did not emanate from Christian Association of Nigeria at
all", he said.
"CAN recognises the right of political groups to perform their
activities and also endorse whoever they deem fit in support of their
political aspirations. We wish to therefore disassociate ourselves
from the political group making this claim using our acronym 'CAN.
"While we are presently making enquiries to determine the
circumstances behind a group deploying our acronym for political
mileage, we call on Nigerians once again to dismiss the alleged report
as coming from CAN.
"We pray for all that are contesting for one position or the other
including the incumbent President that the will of the Lord will come
to pass in their lives and that the best person in the mind of God
would emerge victorious in the name of Jesus."
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