Nigeria’s
Christian Association, CAN, elects new president
The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, on Tuesday elected
Supo Ayokunle as its new president.
Mr.
Ayokunle, a reverend, is the current national president of Nigerian Baptist
Convention and takes over the CAN leadership from Ayo Oritsejafor.
The
election was conducted at the National Ecumenical Center, Abuja.
At the
poll, Mr. Ayokunle defeated his rival, Joseph Otubu of the Motailatu Church
Cherubim and Seraphim Movement, MCCSW, with 54 votes to 28.
It was the
immediate past president of the body, Mr. Oritsejafor, that announced the
result of the election and declared Mr. Ayokunle his successor.
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