By Jude Atupulazi
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 General Elections, Mr Peter Obi, has charged Nigerian Muslims to use the window availed by Salah to seek Allah’s intervention in Nigeria’s situation.
Obi charged the people not to allow what he described as the prevailing unprecedented hardship in the country to affect their spirit of love, brotherliness and peaceful co-existence Rather, the people should use this year’s Eid-El Fitr 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 former Anambra State Governor, in a message to Muslims, noted that the two major faiths, Christianity and Islam, coming out of their fasting period almost together, should allow the solemnness of the holy months to influence their thoughts and actions in relating with one another and thinking about the future of the country.
Obi regretted the amount of blood being shed in the country daily and asked that the situation be taken to Allah for his prompt intervention.
The LP standard bearer said that the blood of thousands of innocent souls being wasted daily in the country at various troubled spots, particularly the stress of schoolchildren in the North, and the needless death of troops, should be enough to plead to God to save the 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 are rising,’ Obi said.
He finally implored the people not to despair and miss the essence and meaning of the festivity and the divine succour it brought, assuring them that there was always a light at the end of every tunnel as a new Nigeria remained possible.