Group holds another prayer for President in Taraba

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March 9, 2017 8:13 PM

Alhaji Yahaya Hammanjulde said the prayer seeking God’s intercession was to enable Buhari return soonest.

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The Buhari/Osinbajo Again for 2019 (BOA), a political pressure group, on Thursday held another combined special inter faith prayers for the quick recovery of President Muhammadu Buhari in Jalingo, Taraba.

The National Coordinator of the organisation, Alhaji Yahaya Hammanjulde said the prayer seeking God’s intercession was to enable Buhari return soonest and deliver democracy dividends to Nigerians.

In his prayer at the occasion which took at the dome tent of the Taraba Motel in Jalingo, Pastor Anthony Daudu, picked his verses from Timothy Chapter II, which says that followers should pray for their leaders at all times in order to enable them meet their obligations to the people.

He added that every right thinking Nigerian should pray and wish the president to come back and continue with the administration’s anti-corruption crusade and war against insurgency.

Similarly, an Islamic cleric, Khalifa Aminu, also underscored the importance of prayers for leaders to enable them discharge their obligations to the citizenry.

Aminu noted that all the religions were from God and had preached peaceful coexistence among people of all callings.

He urged all Nigerians to put aside their sentiments of religion, political and social affiliations, and pray for the president’s quick recovery and return.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that a similar prayer session for the country’s peace and development was organised by the group in Jalingo on March 5.

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