But for a mini ‘coup’ by his some of his aides, President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev Dr Supo Ayokunle, would not have contested the election that bought him to power.

Ayokunle, in an exclusive interview with naijachurchnews, said one of his aides obtained the nomination form for him without his knowledge.

He explained that he deliberately refused to obtain the nomination form even after God had revealed to him in a vision that he would win the election.

The number one Christian citizen said: “I have an ecumenical officer here in the office who had been troubling me saying even if I was not going for presidency, I was qualified to run for a second term as vice president.

“He said I should submit my name. I said I was praying about it. When he saw that I was using delay tactics and the closing date was around, he went ahead and wrote the application and put my name.

He went on: “He showed it to one of my lieutenants here- Vice president Finance and Investments. They didn’t tell me they submitted it because they feared that I may stop them from submitting it so that if they had submitted and it had been accepted over there, it would be beyond me.

“So it was after they accepted it at CCN bloc and it was forwarded it to CAN that he came to ask me if I was not still going to apply again.

“I told him I was still praying about it and he said they have submitted my name. That was another thing that almost caused feud between me and him. So I said if he wanted to kill me that was how he was going to go about it without me knowing.

“And he said no, this was not about killing but they were convinced that I have something to offer but I was reluctant.

“So we started praying and I was looking for how it was going to come to pass. And the rest is history now.”

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