Peter Obi, who is the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the upcoming 2023 elections, has urged Christians to offer prayers for divine intervention in Nigeria, as the Lenten season comes to a close. Obi has called on Christians to use the holy week as an opportunity to ask God for healing and restoration in Nigeria. In a message he shared on his X handle on Sunday, Obi stated that the period offers a chance for people to reflect on the various challenges that Nigeria is currently facing.
He wrote, “Even as we make our human efforts, as a people, to move our nation forward, we must leverage the solemnity of this season to pray for divine intervention in our nation.
“The hearts of many are heavy with pain, grieving the loss of their dear ones due to the high level of insecurity in the nation.
“Families are hungry, not knowing where their next meal will come from because they can no longer afford the basic necessity of food.
“Many of our fellow Nigerians have died in their struggle to find food to eat. The unity and love in diversity, for which our dear nation was known, have been sacrificed on the altar of tribal and religious division.
“Let us, therefore, present our nation to God for healing and restoration, in this Holy Week, so that as we labour, as humans, for the New Nigeria, it will become even more possible.”
Holy week is the period between Palm Sunday and Easter, which is from Sunday, 24 March 2024 to Saturday, 30 March 2024.