2019:CAN denies endorsing Buhari for re-election

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has denied throwing its weight behind President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 presidential poll, saying its recent meeting with the president has nothing to do with endorsement.
An online platform (not PrimusXpression) had reported that the Christian body endorsed Buhari for second term after it met with 14 other presidential candidates.
But dismissing the report, Pastor Oladeji Adebayo, the Special Assistant on Communication & Media to the CAN President, Rev. (Dr) Samson Ayokunle, said while the Christian body held a parley with Buhari and other candidates recently, it didn’t endorsed the president as quoted in the report.
Oladeji who recalled that CAN President was emphatic in his interaction with reporters after the parley that it didn’t endorsed any candidate, wondered where the author of the report came about the purported endorsement.
He reproduced the words of Ayokunle after the parley as “The motive is not to take for granted the 2019 elections. 2019 Nigeria will depend on next year’s presidential election. That is, how free and fair it is going to be.
“The church cannot take the back seat in this situation because it can only prosper when Nigeria prospers. If the election is not free and fair, then, all Nigerians, including the church, will be in trouble.
“So, we decided to reach out to the presidential candidates to ask them their credentials for aspiring to the highest office in the land. Also, to interrogate their plans for all, including the church. We also brought them together to speak to their consciences so that they don’t set this nation on fire.
Oladeji also recalled that when the CAN President was asked of the outcome of the parley, Ayokunle had said, “We are going to draw our conclusion after we have finished our interview.”
He accused mischief makers of being behind the report, alerting Nigerians to be wary of fabrications towards the general election.
“So, where did His Eminence inform these liars and mischief makers that CAN has endorsed President Buhari for a second term? 
“We appeal to members of the public to beware of those who are fabricating this fake news for whatever reasons. We challenge the online platform that published this fake news to provide relevant footages and audio clip to back up their report.”