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The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and Church of Anglican Communion, Kwara State, have dissociated themselves from the purported endorsement of a governorship candidate and political party in the next Saturday gubernatorial and State House of Assembly election.
According to a statement signed by the Province of the Kwara Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion led by His Grace, Most Rev. Israel Afolabi Amoo, and other eight respected Bishops that constituted the province, wishes to dissociate themselves from the misleading and all ill calculated endorsement of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State by CAN.
That the purported endorsement was conceived, concerted and given birth to by a charlatan whose stock in trade is to denigrate CAN and its leadership by dragging it into partisan politics.
The statement noted that there was no time that CAN as body either clandestinely or overtly met to endorse the said party as a party of choice for the teeming Christian community in the state.
“The god’s project” remains a personal project of individual or the baby of some self and relevance seeking politician who is out to be seen as doing the bidding of their political over might of which they were paid for.
“The endorsement meeting was a product of deceit veneered as courtesy visit. Our members who were invited were not aware of the evil intention of endorsement and the press coverage was not a true reflection of what happened in the said meeting.
” The governor has neither met nor requested for an endorsement of the Christian community up-till now. Hence, the glitz of media endorsement by CAN was not only shocking, but devilish and ungodly.
” Therefore, all members of the Church of Nigeria, in the province of Kwara Anglican Communion and all Spirit-filled Christians are urged to disregard the misleading publication in all its entirety and see that it does not accentuate to division of the body of Christ in the state.
“This abnormality will also come to pass,” the statement added.
Bishop Amoo urged Christians in the state to continue to pray for peaceful governorship and state assembly election across the country and Kwara state in particular.
Meanwhile, Rev Father Raph Ajewole, the Director of Ecumenical of CAN, has also described the posting of the purported endorsement on the social media as ungodly, evil and satanic.
Speaking on the Radio Kwara on the puroorted CAN endorsement, which had generated arguments in the state, he said CAN has not been invited nor met with the Governor and has no problem or disagreement with anybody, state or group.
Rev Father Ajewole said the association in the state has been praying for the governor, politicians and State for peace and harmony to continue to reign in the state.
He explained that the group that went to visit the governor recently is “god’s project”, which is an individual and person project that has nothing to do with the CAN, while CAN members who were in attendance were not there to represent the association.
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