Delegates of the Organisation of African Instituted Churches (OAIC) yesterday elected Professor  Joseph Otubu as candidate of the bloc for the forthcoming presidency of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN).

Otubu, who is the General Evangelist of the Motailatu Cherubim and Seraphim Church Worldwide (MCSCW), defeated former vice president of CAN, Archbishop Daniel Okoh with four to three votes.

The primary election held at the international headquarters of the Eternal Sacred Order of Cherubim and Seraphim Church (ESOCS) in Surulere, Lagos around  noon.

The national secretariat of the apex Christian body had given a deadline of March 31 for its five blocs to submit names of their elected candidates for the general elections