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By Sunday Ani
Members of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) defied the heavy rains yesterday in Lagos to hold a prayer session for peace to reign in the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).
The move was in response to the lingering crisis in the party, which is already causing division in the party. The prayer session held at the NAGAFF headquarters in Apapa, Lagos, was also offered for the party’s presidential candidate, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, who has been expelled by the party for anti party activities.
Chairman of the Association’s Board of Trustees, Mr. Chidiebere Enelama, who chaired the prayer session, said the association decided to hold the prayers because the NNPP is NAGAFF’s brainchild and they could not just fold their arms and allow outsiders to destroy it.
He said NNPP was founded in 2002 by NAGAFF’s founder, Dr. Boniface Aniebonam, who till date, remains a life board member of the party.
“Almost all NAGAFF members are members of the NNPP. The party was formed not only to win elections in Nigeria, but also to propagate issues that would be favourable to the maritime sector.
“It is sad to watch the ongoing internal bickering, and not intervene. We believe so much in the power of the almighty God, and we believe He will restore peace to the NNPP,” he said.
Enelama said the association also decided to pray for Senator Kwankwaso because his conduct is unbecoming of somebody in his status, stressing that only prayers would make him retrace his steps and appreciate what the party has done for him.
“NAGAFF and its members as the parent body of the NNPP under the leadership of Aniebonam shall continue to appreciate and remember the role played by Kwankwaso in the last presidential elections.
“It is our hope that God shall intervene in the internal wrangling in the NNPP and also give Kwankwaso the wisdom to retrace his steps in the issues concerning the NNPP and his role therein,” he said.
Also speaking, Aniebonam said that prayer remained the key to resolving the issues in the party.
He recalled that when the odds were against the party in the Kano State governorship election at the tribunal and appeal court, they resorted to God for intervention at the Supreme Court and He answered them.
“So, it is our hope and belief that God will answer us again at this trying period. We shall forge ahead to elect a great leader in Nigeria at God’s time.
“As founder and life member of the NNPP board, it is my greatest desire to see peace reign and for the splinter group to retrace its steps.
“I am a father to all, and I sincerely believe that God will hearken to our prayers,” he stated.
The prayer session was officiated by Pastor Joel Ozor of the Rock of Evidence Assembly, Ojo, Lagos.
