CAN president exonerates self from APC campaign council list
NEWS DIGEST – The president of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, has dissociated himself from the list of members of the Tinubu/Shettima 2023 Presidential Campaign Council.
Mr Okoh made this known in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday, saying the inclusion of the name would be investigation.
He noted that the purported list had the names of some outgoing officials of the body.
“My attention has been drawn to the revised list of members of the Tinubu/Shettima 2023 President Campaign Council wherein the names of some outgoing officials of the body were featured.
“I want to categorically exonerate my humble self from this development and any of such that may occur in the future,” the statement stressed.
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The archbishop described the development as worrisome, adding that it counters the well-known stance of CAN on partisanship.
He therefore assured that the matter was being investigated, assuring that the association is collectively working to entrench a culture of inclusion and respect for religious diversities in the nation’s political leadership.
“I want to use this medium to assure all Christians in Nigeria and the general public that since I received the news, I have commenced full investigation into how the officials got involved into overt partisanship.
“Such a development is worrisome because it counters the well-known stance of CAN on partisanship.
“At the end of the probe, CAN will take fair, but decisive and appropriate action with a view to defending the ideals of the umbrella Christian body I lead by the grace of the Almighty God,” he stated.
