Gowon who made the declaration when he led the delegation of Nigeria Prays organisation to Governor Martin Elechi, identified prayer as the main tool to be used in solving the numerous security challenges confronting the nation.
Gowon who is the Chairman of the movement, noted that Nigerians should use prayers to commit the country into God’s hands due to the seriousness of the security problem.
Said he: “I find it difficult to believe that it is the Fulani herdsmen who are predominantly little children that cause the mayhem in some parts of the country.
“These children carry sticks and lead their cattle on pasture across the country but now some people put on Fulani clothes and perpetrate crisis.
“The question is, how the transformation from little cattle-rearers to criminals took place; as we should continue to pray that God touches their hearts of these disgruntled elements to change”.
He noted that the seriousness of the security challenges makes it imperative for Nigerians to seek God’s grace to restore the desired peace in the country. “The power of prayer is stronger than all physical powers we have as when it touches our souls, we become the right instruments God wants us to be. “In the Bible, Saul was persecuting the Christians but when God’s power touched him, he became the strongest disciple that ever propagated God’s word,” he said.
He called on residents of the state to turn out en masse at the prayer summit being organised by the Nigeria Prays on Sunday (today) to intercede for the end of the insurgency and other problems confronting the country.
Responding, Governor Elechi thanked the former Head of State for his fatherly role in the country and for leading the vanguard to salvage the country through prayers.
“Gowon became the Head of State at the age of 31, bravely waded through the civil war period and is now leading ordained men of God to seek solutions to the nation’s problems.
“He has remained relevant in all regimes since leaving office both military and civilian, as he insults no one but gives fatherly advice to successive governments,” he said.
He advised Nigerians to rally round in solving the nation’s problems to ensure it develops rapidly and becomes conducive for all to live in.
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