The Christian Association of Nigeria in the 19 Northern
states and Abuja has described as untrue, reports that it had endorsed Governor
Yahaya Bello of Kogi State for the 2023 presidential election.
The organisation said that from history, it had never
adopted any individual for any elective position in the history of elections in
Nigeria and won’t do so in the 2023 elections.
The Public Relations Officer of CAN (19 Northern States and
Abuja), Chaplain Jechonia Gilbert, made the clarification in a communiqué
issued after its Extraordinary Meeting held at Excel Hotel in Abuja, after a
condolence visit to its chairman, Rev. Yakubu Pam, on the death of his mother.
The communiqué read, “We want to clarify the recent report
in some online papers that Northern CAN had adopted Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi
State as its presidential candidate for the 2023 general elections.
“Northern CAN, from history, has never adopted any
individual for any elective position in the history of elections in Nigeria and
neither will it do so this time. Our duty to the Nigerian nation as a religious
body is to pray for the peace of the nation and encourage our members to
participate in every constitutional process towards nation-building.
“As an organisation with large followership and its members
belonging to different political persuasions, it is unthinkable to assume that
we have adopted a particular individual who is not even a flag bearer of any
political party as our candidate for the 2023 presidential elections.
“We call on the public to disregard such reportage as it is
never the thought or imagination of Northern CAN. There has never been any
meeting of the leadership of Northern CAN where such a decision was ever taken.
“Following the release of election timetable by INEC, we are
here to make our contributions towards nation building by directing our leaders
from the three zones in the North to go back and mobilize their members to come
out en masse to register so as to enable them to participate in the forthcoming
2023 general elections.
“The strategic meeting is to collate reports from the
various zones concerning the security situation in various States that make up
the zone with the aim of helping the leadership of Northern CAN in making a
bold statement to the nation concerning the worrisome security challenges in
the North.
“We pray for Nigerians to close ranks for the purpose of
defeating the enemies of Nigerians, especially those killing in the name of
religion, those kidnapping for ransom and those raping our women across the
country. We must unite and stand together to stamp out this evil from our
nation.”
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