The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has denied instigating Christians to vote for only Christians in the 2019 general election.
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has condemned CAN for allegedly dragging religion into the political arena.
In a statement sent to Concise News on Tuesday, MURIC accused CAN of instructing Christians to shun Muslim candidates (especially President Muhammadu Buhari) and to vote massively for Christian candidates instead.
The group also called on Nigerians to reject CAN’s attempt to drag Nigeria into the abyss of another religious crisis over the 2019 general elections.
But speaking to Premium Times on Wednesday, CAN’s National Secretary, Musa Asake, said the association could not have asked Christians to vote only Christians because “it was not the right way to go.”
Asake said: “Where did they get that one? I don’t know which CAN they are referring to; but for us at the national body, we have not said anything like that because it is not the right way to go.”