PDP crisis: CAN flays bishops for visiting Atiku,
Nyako
NOVEMBER 17, 2013 BY LEKE BAIYEWU
33 Comments
CAN President, Pastor Ayo
Oritsejafor
The Christian Association of Nigeria has berated
some Christian clerics from the Niger Delta for
attempting to mediate between warring factions in
the Peoples Democratic Party. It said the intervention
was not their calling.
Some bishops from the region reportedly visited
former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, and
Adamawa State Governor, Murtala Nyako, in their
quest to reconcile the G-7 governors in the
breakaway faction known as the New PDP with the
mainstream.
The President, CAN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, urged the
clerics to stay away from the PDP crisis. While he
denied knowing them, he described their activities as
worrisome. He added that CAN was apolitical and
would not dabble in the PDP crisis.
However, some clergymen, under the aegis of Global
Peace Relief Initiative, on Wednesday, accused the
CAN President of getting involved in politics of
calumny and name dropping.
The group, led by Prophet Jones Erue, in a statement,
said no amount of blackmail or intimidation would
deter them from the noble mission of rescuing the
country from imminent collapse.
Speaking to our correspondent on Friday, the
Secretary-General, CAN, Musa Asake, said the clerics
were doing the wrong thing at the wrong place. He
said he found their activities questionable.
Asake said, “The so-called pastors that said they
were negotiating; they have more problems in the
church, have they negotiated that? It is out of their
calling. And for them to turn around to criticise the
CAN President is very unfortunate and puts a
question mark on their calling.
“If you deviate from the truth just accept it. They are
looking for an excuse. They found themselves is a
wrong place. They are pastors; they are not expected
to deal with political parties with internal crises.”
The CAN secretary faulted the stance of those who
accused Oritsejafor of romancing with the
Presidency. He alleged that the Sultan of Sokoto,
Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar was more frequent at the
Presidential Villa than Oritsejafor.
He said, “The Sultan is always at the Villa; he is
closer to the government than the CAN President is.
And nobody is talking about that. Just because we
have been keeping quiet? Has President Goodluck
Jonathan said he had done anything and the CAN
President was out to support him? I don’t know why
they have their eyes on the CAN President? The
Sultan does more; he is closer to the government and
nobody talks about that.”
Erue, in the Wednesday statement, had also said, “It
is surprising that Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, the CAN
President, will handle issues of immense gravity and
national importance with levity and without
discretion.
“For the CAN president to say CAN is apolitical is
laughable, as the same president is involved in
politics of calumny and name-dropping. We want to
place it on record that the bishops and clerics in this
body may not own private jets, but they are men of
unquestionable character, dependable leaders, and
stewards of peace and holders of reputable degrees.”
CAN’s South-South Chairman, Archbishop God-
Dowell Avwomakpa, had announced the suspension
the the clerics from the association.
The Bishops and Eminent Clerics Forum of Nigeria
had in Abuja on Friday criticised CAN for its
suspension of the forum’s members.
Erue had threatened legal action against Avwomakpa
and CAN, saying the former had no capacity to
suspend them.


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The President, CAN, Pastor Ayo
Oritsejafor, urged the
clerics to stay away from the
PDP crisis. While he
denied knowing them, he
described their activities as
worrisome. He added that CAN
was apolitical and
would not dabble in the PDP
crisis.

stop to dey deceive yourself Pastor Ayo Oristejafor, CAN is the religious arm of PDP!

PDP religious chapter representing, hope the branch will get another private jet to facilitate evangelism( political campaigns) for 2015.

Tolexander: stop to dey deceive yourself Pastor Ayo Oristejafor, CAN is the religious arm of PDP!

What about the Sultan ?

Oritsejafor prays for GEJ with all the strength in him...the last prayers in Isreal with no "AMENs" still fresh in mind...when CAN starts relating with the opposition at the same time with the ruling party, I will believe it's a religious body interested in Nigerian's well-being. But as it stands now,CAN is the religious arm of PDP!!

Lol sultan has visited villa more.wgile GEJ has visited Ayo oristejafor more.who is fooling who! Like if say this people dey even beef sultan sef! Una dey there they count him visit to villa!
This people sometimes lack excuse sef than to turn muslim to excuse.

Dis our christianity self, during late Yara'dua Sultan, chief Imam nd Alfa do visit aso rock regularly nd nobody d caugh but dis days any conversation btwn Mr Presiden, CAN or Clergy Man pple wil start vomiting trash abi make GEJ no go church again?