The Kwara
State Chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has threatened to
mobilise its members to vote against President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019 general
elections.
Chairman of
the association, Kwara State Chapter, Professor T. O. Opoola, in a letter made
available to the Media on Wednesday, said the All Progressives Congress (APC)
in Ekiti, Oke-Ero Irepodun/Isin Federal Constituency would also lose votes of
Christians, if the injustice was not addressed.
The body
alleged injustice against a member of the faith, Chief Isaac Omogbenle Adeyemi
in the recently conducted primary elections of the APC in the Federal
Constituency.
“Kwara State
CAN condemned a purported substitution of the name of Chief Adeyemi , winner of
the primary election for Ekiti, Oke-Ero, Irepodun and Isin Federal Constitution
with the name of another person,” Opoola said in the letter.
According to
them, Chief Adeyemi on the October 5, 2018 primary election for the House of
Representatives scored 7931 votes to beat other aspirants; Raheem Olawuwo Ajulo
with 7151 Votes, while Ganiyu Subaru with 3463 Votes and Israel Ekundayo
Afolaogun with 1359.
The letter
added: “If the mandate of Chief Isaac Omogbenle Adeyemi is not tampered with,
CAN will mobilise Christians for him to win the election, however, if you the
mandate given him by the electorate is scuttled, Kwara CAN is left with no
option than to mobilise her members to vote for the opposition party because
the PDP candidate is a Christian”.
The body
further accused the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji
Lai Mohammed as being responsible for substitution of Christian candidates for
Muslims in the state.
The letter
also stressed that it was unjust to deny Chief Adeyemi his deserved victory
considering the fact he was the only Christian that won just one out of the 9
National Assembly positions (3 Senators and 6 Representatives) positions in
Kwara State.
CAN further
argued that the Federal Constituency has the largest concentration of
Christians in Kwara State. It consequently requested that “the party should
allow the decision of the people (the electorate) stand in the interest of
peace and justice”.
The
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has up to November 2 to close
substitution windows for Senate and House of Representatives.
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