BREAKING: Buhari Presidency Moves To Arrest CAN President --- Ayo Oritsejafor

With less than 48 hours to the election in the Christian Association
of Nigeria (CAN), indications emerged on Monday, June 13, 2016 night
that the Presidency was planning to arrest it’s incumbent president,
Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor and some other key officials of the association
during its National Executive Council (NEC).

Others planned to be arrested include general secretary of CAN, Rev.
Musa Asake and its director of national issues, Elder Sunday Oibe on
trumped up charges by government forces who were sympathetic to
certain aggrieved parties in the contest.

But despite the threats, the two-day meeting where the election would
be conducted would still take place and the election will hold.


Already tension was mounting in CAN last night as plain-clothed
security officers were said to be hunting some of the CAN leaders.

Also, delegates from the five different blocs of CAN had started
arriving Abuja for the scheduled NEC meeting which will determine the
next direction of the umbrella body of Christians.

According to the schedule, the two days (Tuesday and Wednesday) have
been set aside to do, majorly, two things: the election of the next
CAN president and the ratification of the new CAN constitution which
had been completed by a committee set up by the National Advisory
Council of CAN about two years ago.

Sources revealed last night that the plain-clothes security operatives
were in possession of SMS and WhatsApp messages threatening to
eliminate some of the CAN leaders.

But some key leaders in CAN were wondering why the police would be
allowed to be used to arrest individuals in a purely spiritual
exercise as the election of a CAN President.

Asake cried out last night that plans have reached advanced stage to
conduct the election.

According to him, contrary to insinuations, CAN Secretariat has not
been served any court summons that some people have gone to court to
obtained an exparte order suspending the election.

“There are rumours all over the place but there are papers on your
table”‘ he stated.

Asake said the next CAN President will be elected by a total of 101
voters: every bloc brings 10 delegates, all the state chairmen plus
the Federal Capital (FCT) making 37, all the six zonal leaders, five
national directors, the president, Vice President, the General
Secretary and the Treasurer.

“We are on target and we are praying that everything will go as
planned because this is an issue of Christians and we hope to finish
the entire exercise without any rancour,” he said.

                                                                     By Felix Ojong | Staff Writer