By Chijioke Kingsley
Abuja (Sundiata Post) – The Labour Party 2023 Presidential Candidate, Mr. Peter Obi has admonished Muslims not to allow the hardship in the country to affect their spirit of love for one another and their countrymen.
Obi also appealed to Muslims to use the opportunity of the Sallah celebration to pray to God for intervention in the many problems faced by the country.
He said the bloodbath in the land has become one too many and only God’s intervention can turn the ugly situation around.
“It is discomforting the amount of blood being shed in this country daily. This situation should be taken to God for prompt intervention”.
The LP Scribe-Man spoke on Tuesday in a statement signed by his Spokesman, Dr. Yunusa Tanko, in his Sallah message to Muslims.
“Don’t allow the prevailing unprecedented hardship in the country to affect your spirit of love, brotherliness and peaceful co-existence.
“Also, use the window availed by Sallah to seek God’s intervention in Nigeria’s situation”, Obi said.
He continued: “People should use this year’s Eid-El Fitri festivities to engender the spirit of oneness and also re-dedicate themselves to the virtues of love, patriotism and unity for the desired national development.
“The two major faiths Christianity and Islam coming out of their fasting period should allow the solemnity of the holy months to influence their thoughts and actions in relating with one another and thinking about the future of the country.
“The blood of thousands of innocent souls being wasted daily in our land at various troubled spots, particularly the stress of school children in the North and the needless death of our troops should be enough mitigation to plead to God to save this country from destruction.
“An intense prayer for our dear country has become very necessary more than ever before as our nationhood is in dire need of divine intervention to survive.
“Our economy is already under severe stress, the currency is losing value daily, unemployment and inflation rising.
“Don’t despair and miss the essence and meaning of festivity and the divine succor it brings, assuring us that there is always a light at the end of every tunnel as a new Nigeria is still possible”, Obi said.
