Northern CAN, therefore, rejected the call by the Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria (SCSN) seeking the removal of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Joash Amupitan. Reacting to the development in a statement signed on Thursday, the Chairman of Northern CAN, Rev. According to CAN, “Anyone hiding under the guise of the Shari’ah Council to demand the removal of the INEC chairman over political or sectarian interests should come out boldly, otherwise the ploy has died naturally. “Are they saying that no other religion should serve as INEC chairman except Muslims? They, however, called on the INEC chairman not to be distracted by the controversy, urging him to remain focused on his constitutional responsibility of conducting free, fair and credible elections in the country.