The Christian Association of Nigeria CAN has clears the air on a statement allegedly made by some Bishops condemning the outcome of the just concluded governorship election in Enugu State.
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In his press release, the Chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria, Rev. Amb. Emmanuel Ositadinma Edeh said that any aggrieved individual(s) who is not satisfied with the outcome of the just concluded election should channel their complain to the appropriate quarters.
Recall that a group of Bishops who named themselves "The Southeastern zone of Network Evangelical Bishops of Nigeria (NEBN)" made a statement in Abia State claiming to have rejected the result of Enugu State governorship election held on March 18, calling it an “unacceptable assault on the people.”
In their statement, signed by one Bishop Samuel Ani and Bishop Emeka Nwafor in Umuahia, Abia State, the bishops allegedly said they are convinced that the Labour Party (LP) candidate, Chijioke Edeoga, “won the election fair and square.”
They went further to state thus;
“This is why the entire state has been like graveyard in contrast to neighbouring Abia, where the rightful winner, Dr. Alex Otti, of the LP, was declared victorious, a development, which saw hundreds of thousands of people in towns, cities and villages of the state wildly celebrating the dawn of a new era.
“We are convinced that the 16,000 votes in Nkanu East Council were made up so that compromised INEC would pronounce the PDP candidate winner. Even in the presidential election, which generated voter enthusiasm throughout the country, there were not up to 9,000 persons, who voted in Nkanu East Council"
"The LP’s success in the governorship election was consistent with a pattern of voting in the just concluded general election in the state, which saw the party win seven out of the eight House of Representatives seats, two of the three Senate seats, 14 of the 24 House of Assembly seats and 87.7 per cent of votes cast in the presidential election"
Reverend Edeh maintained that Bishops who were allegedly said to have made the statement should have known that there are Bishops in Enugu State who saw how the election went.
He adviced that those circulating the news with the names of men of God to desist forthwith.
