A group of Christians under the
umbrella of Christ Redeemers Union (CRU), has accused the All Progressive
Congress (APC) of plans to replace the outgoing President of the Christian
Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor with a handpicked
candidate, reports ITRealms.
This, our correspondent in Abuja
gathered was to forestall strong or radical opposition to the President Mohammadu
Buhari administration in preparation for Oritsejafor exit in July, 2016.
The National Director of CRU, Dr.
Ebenezer Olusola Abednego, told correspondent on Sunday in Abuja, that
Christians would resist any plan by the Presidency to install this kind of leadership
in CAN Presidency, recalling that would be a repeat of what transpired during
the former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s era.
The group alleged that their
determination to resist Buhari and APC in determining who becomes President of
CAN is a battle of ‘No Retreat, No Surrender.’
“A top official in the Presidency,
who is spearheading the campaign, has started deploying resources for logistics
towards ensuring the emergence of a church leader in the Northern part of the
country believed to be friendly to Buhari.
"The government official
funding some religious leaders in the North who have been recruited as foot
soldiers to perfect the strategy. There is tension now in CAN and the action of
the Presidency has polarised the association along North – South dichotomy
as Northern religious are being lobbied to support the plot."
Olusola explained that the APC
government was desperate to ensure the emergence of its candidate in CAN who
will lead the Nigerian Christians community.
"We have it on good authority
that any leader being installed by the Presidency in CAN would avoid any
virulent criticism of the Buhari government and this has informed their
desperate move to install a leadership that will not be critical.
"But we are vehemently opposed
to government meddling into a purely religious affairs and should the
Presidency succeed in installing an APC/Buhari stooge in CAN, we will pull out
of CAN. We are ready for them, we have it on good authority that some Muslim
leaders from the North are behind the plot. But by the power in the name of our
Lord, Jesus Christ, every knee shall bow and they won't succeed."
Uboshe Uboshe/GEE
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Pix: Pastor Oritsejafor
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