CAN Slams Okotie for calling for Oritsejafor's Resignation

Yesterday, Pastor Chris Okotie called for the resignation of CAN president, Ayo Oritsejafor over the $9.3m arms deal scandal.He wrote on the church's facebook page..

“Considering the collateral damage Pastor Ayo’s close relationship with the President has done to the Christian community, it is fit and proper for the Pastor to resign immediately as CAN President to salvage what remains of the battered image of the association.

But the Director of National Issues in CAN, Mr. Sunny Oibe, told Punch that Okotie had no moral standing and was looking for popularity through Oritsejafor.

“Is Chris Okotie a Christian? How many wives has he?He should go and sort out himself. Even the government has exonerated Pastor Ayo of all the allegations. So, who is Okotie? Well, it is laughable if Chris Okotie should demand that Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor should resign as President of CAN.(continue)

“Chris Okotie should remove the log in his eyes before he begins to see a peck in somebody’s eyes. Pastor Ayo had a soaring integrity before he was elected the President of CAN. Who elected Chris Okotie to become the spokesperson of Christians in Nigeria?

“CAN will not like to join issues with Okotie because doing that will amount to making him popular. He is looking for popularity which he doesn’t have through Pastor Ayo and he is not going to get it.”