CAN Disown Fayose.

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has said that the letter reportedly endorsing the Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose, for the 2019 presidential election by Rev Dr. Musa Asake, was done in his personal capacity and not as its General Secretary.

President of the association, Dr Samson Olasupo Ayokunle disclosed this in a statement on Thursday.

He said since the letter was leaked to the media, for whatever reasons, some prominent Christian stakeholders have been making calls to him, asking for clarifications since there was never a time the matter was discussed by the leadership of the association.

Ayokunle in the statement, signed on his behalf by his spokesman, Pastor Bayo Oladeji, said that in the letter Dr Asake stated it there clearly that it was his personal letter and that this contradicts the impression being given that CAN had endorsed the governor.

“There was no time CAN or the President of CAN authorized such a letter. It was the personal opinion of the General Secretary. However, anyone who wants to run for any political office in Nigeria has our goodwill in CAN and we would be praying for them if he or she is well qualified to contest, including the respectable Governor Fayose.

“Our prayer to God is to always get a godly, a detribalized and peace loving leader presiding over the affairs of the country,” the statement read.