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Ignore politics of hate, embrace unity - Clerics tell religious leaders

Sunday, February 16, 2020 at 2:20 PM by Jerrywright Ukwu

- Clerics across Nigeria have called on their colleagues work for the unity of the country

- The clerics led by Bishop Sunday Garuba said this at the end of the 21-days prayer and fasting by the group

- Garuba urged Nigerian religious leaders to ignore the politics of hate and bitterness and embrace peace

The National Inter-Faith and Religious Organization for Peace (NIFROP) has called on religious leaders in Nigeria to ignore the politics of hate and bitterness and embrace peace and unity of the country.

The interfaith group led by religious leaders from the Muslim and Christian communities in the country, at the grand finale of a 21-day fasting and prayer session over the weekend assured that insurgency will not lead Nigeria into war.

The national coordinator of the group, Bishop Sunday Garuba, President Muhammadu Buhari's assumption of duty was an act of God because Nigeria was indeed on the brink of imminent collapse with the activities of those that have ganged up against the destinies of over 180 million Nigerians.

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Garuba said Nigeria was bleeding at the time, so much that there was an urgent need for a heavenly intervention by God.

The bishop said the group prayed and fasted for God's intervention and he indeed intervened by giving the country a trustworthy and reliable leader like President Muhammadu Buhari.

Ignore politics of hate, embrace unity - Clerics tell religious leaders — The clerics led by Bishop Sunday Garuba said this at the end of the 21-days prayer and fasting by the group
Source: UGC

"It did not end there. There were indeed revelations that the forces of darkness would rise against him in his quest to make Nigeria better and true to the revelations they indeed rose against him," Garuba said.

Announcing that God is rebuilding Nigeria, Garuba called on the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) and other religious organizations to ignore the politics of hate and bitterness and embrace the unity of Nigeria.

He said such action will help the country defeat the evil ones through God.

Also speaking, a Muslim cleric, Sheik Abubakar Sadiq, who led other clerics called on Nigerians to embrace one another and live in peace.

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Sadiq said no human society can thrive in the absence of peace and tranquillity.

He said some religious organizations have also taken advantage of the situation to pitch Muslims and Christians against themselves.

Sadiq said: ''We are glad that this programme has indeed revealed that Christian and Muslims are the same, and this much has been exhibited throughout the duration of this programme."

''I am standing in front of all of you here to ask President Muhammadu Buhari to forgive those that booed him as well as those that mobilized those that booed him because Allah is all merciful and he is quick to forgive," Sadiq added said.

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that about 500 clerics gathered in Abuja to kick start a 21-days prayer and fasting session against the forces planning the destabilization of Nigeria.