Christian forum rejects CAN endorsement of Taraba PDP Guber candidate
By Terna Chikpa, Jalingo
The Integrated Christian Ministers Association of Nigeria (ICMAN) on Tuesday rejected the purported endorsement of the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party arty in Taraba State, Lt. Col Agbu Kefas by the Christian Association of Nigeria.
At a press briefing in Jalingo, president of the association, Bishop Silas Usman loto said the endorsement was wrong and divisive.
The group noted that the letter written by CAN leadership in the State directing all Christians to vote for the PDP Governorship candidate in the forthcoming governorship election was unacceptable.
According to the group, the Christians in the State have other qualified Christian candidates like the APC’s Sen. Emmanuel Bwacha, the SDP Danladi Baido and the Labour Party Sen. Danlami Ikenya among others and singling out one candidate for endorsement without consultation was a clear indication that CAN was bias.
“We call on all Christians in the State to disregard the purported endorsement of PDP’s Agbu Kefas by CAN and urged all Christians to pray to God for a direction regarding who to vote for in the forthcoming governorship election in the State.
“There are other Christians contesting for the governorship and singling one person out for endorsement without due consultation is unacceptable.
“We should pray for God to give us a leader after his own heart and not be selective based on personal interest.
“The purported endorsement of the PDP is an embarrassment to the entire Christians community in Taraba and we reject it in totality.
“CAN have in 2019, imposed a candidate on us on the basis of Christianity and today we are all suffering his bad government so, we stand to reject the endorsement of the PDP governorship candidate and call on all Christians in Taraba to pray and vote for credible candidate that would develop Taraba for the interest of all citizens,”the group said.
