Nigeria, April 22 -- The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), and the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) have rejected the document allegedly linking communications minister Isa Pantami to the death of former Kaduna State Governor Patrick Yakowa.

The chairman of CAN, Kaduna State Chapter, John Hayab, made the association's stance known in a statement sent to PREMIUM TIMES Thursday.

Mr Hayab, who was Mr Yakowa's former special adviser on religious affairs, said "as someone very close to the late Yakowa, I call on all Nigerians to ignore the insinuations linking Pantami with Sir Yakowa's death, endangering national peace.

"This, I call on security agencies to step in and tame the circulation of such dangerous documen...