CAN explained that the donation from Tinubu and others went directly to The Kukah Centre, and has nothing to do with it.
By Jeffrey Agbo
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) says the report which claims it was paid by the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu to endorse the Muslim-Muslim ticket is false.
Special Assistant on Media to the CAN President, Luminous Jannamike stated this in a press release on Monday.
The said report is captioned, ‘How Tinubu met, resolved Muslim-Muslim ticket with CAN’.
CAN said it had not changed its earlier stance on Muslim-Muslim ticket, adding however that it respected the decision of political parties on issues that affect their electoral fortunes, so long as it was in accord with Nigeria’s Constitution and Electoral Act.
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“For the umpteenth time, CAN reiterates that it is non-partisan, but remains willing to partner with all leaders and other relevant stakeholders towards achieving unity, peace and progress in our nation,” the statement said.
CAN condemned the attempt in the report to link it with the donation made by Tinubu during the 70th birthday of the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Most Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah, in Abuja.
“The event was public and the friends of the celebrant and other good-spirited Nigerians donated to the building of The Kukah Centre.
“Which is designed to be a veritable platform to propagate and promote the ideals of democracy and responsible leadership through research and intellectualism,” the statement said.
CAN explained that the donation from Tinubu and others went directly to The Kukah Centre, and has nothing to do with it.
“It is therefore mischievous to insinuate it was a sort of bribe money for Christian leaders to make a U-turn on its stance against same-faith ticket,” the statement said.