Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, on Saturday, urged the people of the state to observe a one-day prayer session to curb the activities of the gunmen terrorising the state and the South East region in general.
The governor said the prayer session slated to hold on Monday, April 4, 2022, at Churches and other religious centres, statewide was necessary to counter the evil attack on the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) sit-at-home order. He explained that the prayer session was against those hiding under the IPOB name to cause havoc in the state.
Speaking during a stakeholder’s peace meeting with Security Chiefs, Traditional Rulers and Religious leaders, at the Prof. Dora Akuyilli Women Development Centre Awka, Governor Soludo said the move became necessary to seek a spiritual solution to the challenge currently affecting economic activities.
He implored Anambra citizens and residents as well as all religious congregations to join in the important day of prayer expected to take place within the premises of Cathedrals, Churches and prayer houses across the state and beyond.
“I enjoin you to pause and join in fellowship as we seek the face of God. It is expected that the conclusion of the prayer session shall mark the end of the Sit-At-Home in Anambra State”
The Governor stressed that it was clear to all that the order was ill advised, counterproductive and not the solution to the release of the IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu, adding that effort was being made to ensure speedy resolution of his detention.
He insisted that every Monday was a very important day to Ndi-Anambra and the government, lamenting that the state loses millions of naira as a result of the order.
Soludo used the peace meeting to announce the state government’ plan to establish a registration centre for the rehabilitation and empowerment of touts, illegal tax collectors and other criminal elements to become useful to their themselves, their families and the society.
