CAN President Disassociates From Tinubu’s Presidential Campaign Council list 

CAN is renowned for its nonpartisan stance, according to Archbishop Okoh.

By Omotayo Olutekunbi

The revised list of participants in the Tinubu/Shettima 2023 President Campaign Council has been separated from by Archbishop Daniel Okoh, President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN).

The updated roster of the presidential campaign council includes Okoh’s name as well as the names of a few departing members of the organization.

The CAN President responded by calling the situation alarming because CAN is known for its support of non-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,” Okoh said.

The statement signed by Okoh himself reads: “My attention as President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) 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.

“Such a development is worrisome because it counters the well-known stance of CAN on partisanship.

“I want to categorically exonerate my humble self from this development and any of such that may occur in the future.

“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.

“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.

“On a final note, I urge the general public to be calm while we collectively work to entrench a culture of inclusion and respect for our religious diversities in our political leadership”.

You may recall that CAN recently protested the APC’s presidential slate since the party in power put out two Muslim candidates, Kashim Shettima and Bola Tinubu, to run for president and vice president, respectively.