http://www.newsportng.com.ng Council of Yoruba Traditional Oba’s and Chiefs, in the nineteen northern States and the FCT, has commenced a special prayer session for Nigeria and security agencies as part of their sociocultural responsibility.
The program took place on thursday at the Palace of the Chairman, Council of Yoruba Traditional Oba’s and Chiefs in the nineteen northern states and the FCT, Ambassador Mohammed Arigbabuwo in Kaduna, who said Nigeria is their last hope and would continue to team up with leaders to ensure they succeed at the course of governance.
Speaking further during the event, Ambassador Mohammed Arigbabuwo, said the traditional and religious leaders, converged at the palace, because they believed in the efficacy of prayer, adding that Nigeria’s success is their own priority.
The Yoruba Leader, Arigbabuwo, who also lamented over the spate of killings in the country, said Military and other security agencies no longer sleep with their families, tagged Kaduna, Katsina Kano, Sokoto among other northern states as having a negative perculiar challenges.
He said: “Today I give praise to Almighty Allah by uniting ourselves as traditional and religious leaders. Our aim and objective is to pray, because we believed prayers are the key to success in the world in the sense that prayer warriors are very closed to Almighty Allah.
“We are here to pray fervently for the success of our leaders because of what is happening in the country In terms of kidnappings, rape, cultism, fraud among other vices that is bedeviling our gereat country. We are not happy but there is nothing we can do than to support our leaders with serious prayers especially all the service chiefs, both military and paralamilitary because what they are doing today for us. Most of them no longer sleep with their families and they are the last hope of the masses of our great country and their success is our own benefit.” He said
The Chairman of non-indigine, Bwari Area Council, Oba Olu Adeoye Iludemilade, said there is no way Nigeria can develop without unity.
“He stressed that, “We are together in this quest for good governance. We want to speak with one voice and we have heard it from our father here. Our togetherness is for peace and development.
“We want to speak to our people concerning this insecurity in the country. So many lives have been lost and we can see what is happening now. We cannot sleep with our two eyes closed because of the issues in the country.
“So We are here to offer a very strong Prayer to Almighty God to please help us out to stop all these insecurity in the country. That is why we are here. We will also engaged relevant stakeholders including community leaders in various places, we are in kaduna today to discuss the way forward and our prayers is for the government to please listen to the voice of the people they govern for peace to reign.
“As religious leaders and Royal fathers, our own is to offer prayers to God for the Military, and various governments to tackle the insecurity. So we will continue to support them with our prayers. He added – Yoruba Traditional Leaders