The organisation, which insisted that there was no division in CAN, described those calling for the cancelation of the election results as disgruntled former leaders who have been trying to find a place in its leadership.
During the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of CAN, President of Nigerian Baptist Convention, Dr. Supo Samson Ayokunle, was elected President, while Prof. Joseph Otubu of the Motailatu Church Cherubim and Seraphim Movement, was elected Vice President.
They will be inaugurated after the General Assembly CAN to be held at a later date in July.
President of PCYN, Evangelist Simon Timothy Nasso, at a press briefing in Abuja said the council was happy with the outcome of the election, adding that it has put to rest, the tension and agitation that characterised the process.
He said, “The Bible is very explicit about evidence of those trying to tear the church apart; some claimed to be for Apostle Paul, while others Barnabas. For the record, there is no Northern or Southern CAN in the current CAN constitution. The CAN constitution provides for the states and the geo-political zones for ease of administration only.
“Those telling you that the North will break out of CAN are just deceiving the public. They are not in the CAN Constitution in the first place, if we must say the truth, they are a set of disgruntled former CAN leaders and their supporters who are trying to find a place of leadership in CAN.
“They have lost touch with CAN and have been looking for an opportunity to create a faction. They are persons who feel a Northern Government in Nigeria should have a Northern CAN leadership. For your information, all the statutory leaders of CAN in Northern Nigeria were at the CAN election; the Zonal and State Chairmen were all present.
“All the people calling for the cancellation of the election to give room for further meetings and reconciliation are just deceiving the public because beside their interest in a particular candidate, they have no legal right to attend any of the meetings they are calling for. All the meetings in CAN are well defined in the constitution.”