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CAN disowned the clerics hours after the endorsement, saying it is
standing on its earlier stance of “No to same-faith ticket”.
 The President of Nigeria Coalition of Pastors for Good Leaders,
Apostle Babatunde Oguntimehin has said the group is not faceless.
According to Punch, Oguntimehin on Monday, presented proof of ordination and registers of members.
The clarification came after the Christians Association of Nigeria called them faceless clerics.
The action was coming barely 24 hours after a delegation of
Abuja-based pastors and bishops endorsed the presidential candidate of
the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, at a town hall
meeting with some party chieftains of Tinubu support group, City Boy
Movement.
But CAN disowned the clerics hours after the endorsement, saying it
is standing on its earlier stance of “No to same-faith ticket”.
Luminous Jannamike, Special Assistant on Media to the CAN
President, Most Rev. Daniel Okoh, stated that in as much as the body
cannot prevent individuals and self-acclaimed ministers from voting
certain candidates, they cannot be seen joining issues with religious
blocs not affiliated with CAN.
An emotional Oguntimehin disclosed in a media chat that it was
unfortunate such a comment was coming from the highest Christian body in
the country.
According to him, none of the pastors who attended the town hall
meeting at the weekend was faceless, saying they belong to one or two of
the five blocs of CAN.
This is even as he stated that every human being has a right to play politics in Nigeria.
He said, “Let me clear the air on CAN recent comment, tagging
us faceless pastors. We are not. We are Christians, pastors and members
of CAN. Some of our pastors are also members of PFN and Organisation of
African Instituted Churches.
“I think we should be careful in our choice of words as men and
women of God. Even the Bible told us that it is not what goes into us
that defines us but what comes out of us. We can’t say anything against
them because they are our fathers and body. But I just want to appeal to
them not to use such words against men of God. We are not faceless.
This is my face.
“To further prove that these pastors are not faceless, I have a
register of their names, churches, locations and even streets of their
churches here with me as evidence. We have a nine-member executive
committee in every state of the federation.
“In my own church, for instance, I have 750 members. Others
have mega centres with about 1,000 to 2,000 members spread across
Nigerians. This is because our coalition deals with grassroots pastors
who have personal connections with their followers. I don’t think it is
out of place if these pastors and their members all over the country
made up their minds to vote for APC candidates.
“In that town hall you attended that day, you have seen the 630
pastors in attendance. These pastors you saw were heads of several
churches. Some of them are general overseers that have about five to 10
parishes under them.
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