CAN RETRACTS LETTER REGARDING THE KADUNA GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION

The Kaduna State branch of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has denied what it described as "a bogus letter, circulating on social media and other platforms in the name of CAN asking Christians to vote for a specific political party in the governorship race in the state.

The body of Christ's image in the state is intended to be tarnished, according to CAN, which highlighted that the address, signature, letterhead, substance, manner, and pattern of writing are not authored by CAN.

According to Fr. John Joseph Hayab in a statement released on Tuesday, the purpose of the phony letter was to: "Why? Because some desperate politicians want to use us to poison the minds of our good brothers and neighbors Muslims. Christians and the general public should kindly disregard this."

The alleged letter read, "After the review of the presidential and National Assembly elections that just concluded, all Christians in Kaduna State are requested to vote for a particular political party in the gubernatorial election next Saturday."

According to CAN, "We are watching to see how far they will go and we know God will humble them and expose their craftiness."

According to Rev. Hayab, the letter might just be an attempt by the fictitious author to sow discord in the state in order to further their political objectives, "Well-meaning Christians and Muslims in Kaduna state should know that this letter is not the language of CAN under my leadership."

"For those who have given themselves to cheap blackmail, we have God in heaven who sees and will judge. Politics should not be this petty and we must not lose our senses of reasoning just to get power by setting people against each other not knowing what may be the consequence," he advised.

Although he believes a pastor made an announcement on Sunday at one of the churches citing ECWA, Anglican, and CAN, he explained that nothing like had ever occurred.

He claimed that someone in the Church had videotaped the pastor and sent it to the emperor for approval. He also claimed that the emperor quickly instructed his IT team to produce a video of the incident and disseminate it to elicit a response.

He claims that, "Probably the reaction did not catch much attention then they resulted in faking our letterhead, fake office addresses, fake stories, and fake signatures of the Chairman in a press statement in circulation. More so, I do not sign letters but the Secretary of CAN in the state does so."

He emphasized that the CAN chairman is not a coward, stating that the statement is not representative of his language or writing style, and he urged the police to properly investigate the origin of the fake letter in order to bring whoever it was to justice and act as a deterrent to future offenders.