Alleged N90 Billion FIRS Scam: Why We Did Not Exonerate Osinbajo – CAN

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has denied passing judgment on the allegation that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo milked N90 billion from the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS for the 2019 General Election.

Observing reports from the dailies that it took position by exonerating Osinbajo of the allegations, CAN said that it only heard from him and wished him well after he claimed that the allegations were false.

Affirming that it was not in the position to clear or find the vice-president guilty, CAN said that it’s delegation nevertheless prayed for the vice-president and urged him to walk above evil.

CAN’s reaction was upon newspaper reports that the body cleared the vice-president of the allegations following the visit to him last Friday.

Responding in a statement made available to GWG, Pastor Adebayo Oladeji, Special Assistant (Media &Communications) to CAN president, Dr Samson ‘Supo Ayokunle said:

“The leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, can never endorse corruption and has never exonerated anyone accused of corruption because we are not a court of law.

“Anyone accused of corruption has to prove his or her innocence with documentary evidence before the court of competent jurisdiction as we all know before his or her innocence can be upheld.

“CAN leadership visited the Vice  President Yemi Osinbajo last Friday to hear his side of the story instead of rushing to the press either to condemn him or throw our weight behind him. This we believe,  there is no law that is against our action.

“After we had interacted with him and he said that the allegation was baseless and should be treated as rubbish, and not only that, that he said that he was going to pursue the matter legally to prove his innocence, we then assured him that if he is proved innocent, then we throw our weight behind him.

“We thereafter prayed for him and our nation Nigeria. We urged him to continue to serve the nation with clean hands.

“The leadership of CAN has never endorsed corruption. In our earlier visits to President Muhammadu Buhari, we had praised him for fighting war against corruption but urged him to make it comprehensive, sparing no one irrespective of political affiliation.

“Whatever might have been reported in the press, this is a direct transcript of the interview the President of Christian Association of Nigeria had with some journalists after hearing Osunbajo’s side of the matter. If anyone has anything contrary to this, let him or her produce it.”

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