The Christian Association of Nigeria
says it has not endorsed the presidential ambition of the Ekiti State
Governor, Ayodele Fayose.....
The national leadership of the Christian
body, in a statement on Thursday, described its reported endorsement of
Fayose for President in 2019 as a farce.
It urged the public to disregard the report.
The statement quoted CAN’s Director of
National Issues, Bishop Stephen Adegbite, as stressing that “it is not
in the organisation’s character to endorse politicians but to pray to
God to choose the right leaders for the country.”
Adegbite said, “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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