Ahead of the 2019 general elections and for the first time, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has released a total of 1000 election observers across the country to monitor the elections.
The President of the association, Rev Samson Ayokunle, while speaking on Sunday during a service at the Trinity Baptist Church, Ajobo, Ibadan, Oyo State, said the observers would observe malpractices that may arise during the elections and relay same to the control room at the Christian Secretariat in Abuja.
According to him, “You know, for the first time in the history of CAN, we are sending election observers across the federation to observe how elections are going on. “If there is any malpractice anywhere, they will report (it) immediately to the control room at the Christian Secretariat in Abuja. We are sending 1,000 election observers across the federation and we had never done that before. It costs money but we are committed to it,” he said.
He further noted that except Christians take this week to engage in prayers, it was not certain the elections would hold. “About what is happening in the country, I want you to pray very well this week. If it’s about the things we see in the spirit, it is not sure that elections will hold at all. We won’t want elections to hold like they didn’t hold; if that should happen, it would cause trouble or even lead to war”. He said.
He also stressed the need for prayers against “People who think they are powerful” and were determined to sabotage the electoral process to suit their selfish and personal interests at the expense of the over 180 million Nigerians.
CAN, however, expressed confidence in the leadership of the Chairman of Nigeria’s electoral umpire, Prof Yakubu Mahmood who it says cannot play with the collective wish of Nigerians.
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