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The Council of Chief Imams in Lagos State has convened a prayer session for peace to reign across Nigeria ahead of the 2027 general election.
The clerics also used the spiritual gathering to pray for President Bola Tinubu and the candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the 2027 election in Lagos State, Dr Kadiri Hamzat.
Speaking during the special prayer session organised by the Ikeja Division of the Council, the Special Adviser to Governor Sanwo-Olu on Islamic Matters, Dr Abdulahi Jebe, said it is important to pray ahead for events that are yet to occur in order to attract God’s intervention.
Jebe said Nigerians want a free, fair, and peaceful election and that, with prayer and sensitisation, this could be achieved.
“As we move ahead for the next campaign and election, we are appealing to everybody to perform their civic rights and do the needful to be obedient to the constituted authority. And we must continue to ask God for guidance and forgiveness so that Goes can ease our affairs,” he said.
In his remarks, the National Director General of Grassroots Movement for Bola Tinubu, Hon. Bisi Yusuf, said prayers for the nation to thrive are not too much, particularly when they come from clerics who genuinely have the country at heart.
According to him, “Prayer is the most important in a human’s life and for our grand Imams and the large gathering here today to have organized this kind of prayer for the nation, for peace to reign and for development of the nation, especially for our father, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, this to me is commendable.”
The Chief Imam of Lagos, Sheikh Sulaiman Abu Nola, emphasised the importance of prayer in human life while also stressing the need to observe civic responsibility.
“Besides, we are mobilizing our people that they have the civic responsibility of going to collect their voter’s card and going for the election to participate. We Muslim have to participate too, because it’s our civic responsibility. Also, we need to pray for our nation, because the love of the nation is part of faith. So we need to be part of it and need to pray and make our own contribution. So today is part of our contribution to the development of our nation, to the peace and progress of our nation and prosperity,” he stressed.
The host of the event, the Chairman of Ikeja Local Government, Mr Hakeem Dauda, appreciated the conveners of the prayer session for keeping patriotism at the forefront while also seeking spiritual support for the leaders, particularly President Bola Tinubu and Dr Kadiri Hamzat.
He charged Lagos residents and Nigerians at large to develop the spirit of patriotism towards nation-building, which, according to him, will engender peace and tranquillity across the country.
