In a a statement, which was signed by Rev. Musa Asake, the General Secretary of CAN, Ayokunle scored 54 votes to defeat Elder Joseph Otubu of the Motailatu Church Cherubim and Seraphim Movement, who got 28 votes.
The outgoing president of the CAN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, announced the result to a rousing applause at the Ecumenical Centre, Abuja. [myad]