CAN disagrees with Osinbajo, insists the Buhari administration is plotting to islamize Nigeria

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- CAN praised southern governors for their decision to support restructuring

- The group claimed that their is a plot to islamise Nigeria

- They accused Vice President Yemi Osinbajo of being ignorant of the plot

The south south chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has accused the President Muhammadu Buhari's administration of plotting to islamise Nigeria.

The group said Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is ignorant of the plot and accused him of speaking in defence of his principal without knowing the full detail.

While reacting to the claim by Osinbajo that there is no plan whatsoever to islamise Nigeria, the CAN president, Rev Samson Olasupo Ayokunle accused the vice president of speaking out of ignorance.

According to a report by Vanguard, Ayokunle insisted that Osinbajo dig deeper into the administration he is serving as there are plots by the Buhari's government to islamise the nation.

In a statement signed by his Special Assistant (Media and Communications), Pastor Adebayo Oladeji, the CAN president said most Christian leaders in Nigeria were shocked by the remarks credited to Osinbajo in the media and had sought the intervention of the leadership of CAN to set the record straight with documented facts detailing plot by the present government to islamise Nigeria.

The group also commended Southern governors for their resolutions on the raging debate on restructuring the nation for effective governance during a strategic meeting of religious leaders in Warri, Delta state.

Recall that governors from the seventeen southern states met in Lagos recently at the Southern Governors Summit where they deliberated on the need for Nigeria to be restructured.

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In a statement signed by the Special Adviser on Media to the group leader, Archbishop God-Dowell Avwomakpa Ovie Edomi, the group said it will embark on special prayers for the nation.

The statement reads: "Now that men in leadership positions from the 17 Southern states have come together to agree on restructuring, the responsibility is on the children of God to redeem the land through effective prayers, hard work and individual sacrifice.”

Meanwhile, NAIJ.com previously reported that Osinbajo, said that it was impossible for anyone to Islamise Nigeria, as claimed by Christian interests.

He also noted that many people look for Islamic agenda everywhere as if they were looking for demons.

Osinbajo, who was speaking in Lagos on Friday, October 27 during the Greater Nigeria Pastors Conference convened by Apostle Wale Adefarasin and Rev. Abayomi Kasali, explained that the recent uproar over the country’s subscription to Sukuk Bonds was not justified.

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