Northern Christians break away from CAN, form NNCA
CAN President: Reverend Samson Olasupo Adeniyi Ayokunle
Northern Christians under the concerned Christians of Nigeria and Northern Nigerian Christians Sunday said recent political happenings and 'corruption' in the apex Christian body; the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has forced them to unanimously revert to what they described as the pre-independence Northern Nigerian Christian Association (NNCA).
Daily Trust
reports that the controversy that led to the emergency of the new CAN
President, Rev. Supo Ayokunle, had been condemned by some Christian
leaders from the North who accused the past CAN President, Ayo
Oritsejafor, of deliberately frustrating the candidature of Rev.
Jeremiah Gado of the TEKAN/ECWA bloc to prevent the emergence of a
northerner.Read more
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