The Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) has called on Nigerians to embark on special prayers for the country despite the President Muhammadu Buhari regime’s spending more than N10 trillion to fight bandits and Boko Haram terrorists.

The Chairman of CLO, Anambra, Vincent Ezekwueme, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Enugu on Wednesday that the vast majority of Nigerians must fight insecurity and support Mr Buhari by fervent daily prayers to turn the present tide.

“I wish to appeal to the Catholic Bishops Conference to re-enact ‘Prayer for Nigeria in Distress,’ which they introduced in 1998 during June 12 crises,” said Mr Ezekwueme.

He noted the prayer could reach out for divine intervention to tackle current intractable insecurity.

“In 1998, God answered through his divine intervention in the crises and confusion; and peace and normalcy were mysteriously restored, and the nation moved forward,” claimed the CLO leader.

In recent times, Mr Ezekwueme explained that the country had been hit by a deluge of killings, herders-farmers violent clashes, banditry, kidnapping, and “unknown gunmen causing deaths, nightmare horrendous havoc” and terror across the country.

“There is an urgent need to embark on fervent and radical prayers to entrust the security challenges facing the country daily to God and seek for His divine mercies and intervention.

“There is also the need for divine intervention over the unconditional release of all abducted Nigerians, especially students including Leah Sharibu.

“There is a need for God to touch the hearts of those terrorising the country and those inventing all sorts of evils to repent,” he said.

The CLO boss added that that “God is able” to restore absolute peace, unity, tranquillity, love, tolerance, and empathy in the country.

(NAN)