THE President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Samson Ayokunle has appealed to all Christians in the country and those in Diaspora to begin a prayer Programme from Tuesday, 19 February, 2019 and end it on Sunday for the success of the rescheduled elections.
This follows the postponement of the February 16 election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The CAN president in statement by his Special Assistant (Media &Communications), Adebayo Oladeji, noted that the the unfolding scenario on the political scene was not ordinary and there was a need for the Church to intercede for Nigeria.
“I want you to pray very well this week against some evil forces that are plotting against the election. If it’s about the things we see in the spirit, I am not sure that elections will hold at all. We should rise up and ask for transparent, free, fair and credible election that will even be better than those of the 2015.
“That is why we have asked you to pray this week. This is a week for prayers. Pray that bad people will not be involved in Nigeria’s affairs. About the elections, we will pray that they will not result in war, bring hardship and suffering unto the populace. People who think they are powerful and want to cause problems for us, God Himself will give them problems and bind them. God will take power from them.
“It is our prayers that this will be the last time INEC will toy with any postponement again. It is reprehensible, unacceptable, condemnable, ungodly and a national embarrassment and never again will Nigeria be subjected to this kind of rude shock of international proportion,”he said.
Ayokunle also urged the Christians to pray for the release of Leah Sharibu, the school girl abducted by Boko Haram on February 19, 2018 from her school, Government Girls Science and Technical Secondary School in Dapchi.
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