Controversial clergymen whose attendance at the formal unveiling of ex-Borno Governor, Kashim Shettima, as the APC’s vice-presidential candidate, sparked reactions on social media, have offered proof of their status as ordained clerics and founders of Christian ministries.
They also clarified the widespread misunderstanding that they attended the event as representatives of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN).
Addressing a press conference Monday in Abuja, the secretary of the clerics’ umbrella body, the Muslim-Christian Love Foundation, Bishop Adams Abel King, who read their statement on behalf of others, said they never portrayed themselves as emissaries of CAN at the event.
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While justifying their authenticity as church leaders, the group made public their respective churches and ministries, some of which have existed for several years.
They include; the Christian Revival Evangelical Mission Worldwide of Apostle Godwin Livinus; the Divine Prophetic End Time Gospel Faith in Kubwa, Abuja of Bishop Dr. Emeka Theodore; the Light House of all Nation Ministry of Bishop Emmanuel Sunday Jayeola, among others.
“Although Senator Kashim Shettima took the mantle of the state at a difficult time marked by terror attacks and deadly insurgency, his mature, cautious, and decisive management of the state’s affairs helped preserved the social fabric that held several communities together and reassured members of the Christian faith that the government remained committed to their freedoms and wellbeing,” the group was quoted as saying.