The Northern Christians under the aegis, The Concerned Christians of Nigeria
and Northern Nigerian Christians, have announced their decision to
pull out of the Christian Association of Nigeria CAN and revert to what
they described as the pre-independence Northern Nigerian Christian
Association (NNCA).
The Northern Christian bodies said recent political
happenings and ‘corruption’ in CAN with particular reference to what
they described as the “controvesial” emergence of the new CAN President,
Rev. Supo Ayokunle(above), forced them to pull out of the Christian
body.
At a joint press conference in Jos in Plateau state, Rev. Luka Shehu of
Concerned Christians of Nigeria and Hon. Peter Luka of Northern Nigerian
Christians accused the leadership of CAN of acts of corruption as well
as neglect of northern Christians especially in the North-East.
“Considering our common shared values and peculiarities as Christians
from CAN and after wide consultation among Christian leaders,
traditional rulers, youths and women, we under this auspices from the
north have unanimously decided to revert to the pre-independence
Northern Nigeria Christian Association,”.