We Did Not Endorse Fayose For President - CAN Denies Media Report

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There were media report that the Christian Association of Nigeria had endores the Ekiti state Governor Ayo Fayose for president and Nigerians reacted negatively to such report. Well, , CAN has come out to denny it  endorsed  the governor for his 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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