Sunday Mbang, ex-CAN president, dies at 86

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A former president of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Sunday Mbang, has died

Aged 86, Mbang, who was also the first black president of the World Methodist Council, died on Tuesday.

In a letter to the heads of the church, Babatunde Taiwo, the secretary, confirmed the death of the revered cleric.

Mbang, who scored many firsts, “will surely and sorely be missed by his beloved Church, Methodist Church to which he gave spiritual, intellectual and servant leadership for more than two decades, and the entire Body of Christ in Nigeria and the diasporas,” the statement said..

Mbang was born in Idua Eket, Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State on August 26, 1936.