A delegation of 130 Christian
pilgrims sponsored by the Borno State government on Tuesday in Jerusalem,
Israel, concluded two days of prayer and fasting for the quick recovery of
ailing President Muhammadu Buhari.
The delegation, comprising 50
clergies, 15 officials of government was enjoined by Governor Kashim Shettima,
in a farewell message, to pray for Mr. Buhari who is receiving medical care in
London.
According to a statement issued
from Jerusalem by a spokesperson of the governor, Kwapchi Bata, the pilgrims
led by the state chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Mohammed
Naga, a bishop, had declared two days “fasting and fervent prayers for
President Buhari’s health and quick return to Nigeria to continue the good
works he had started such as the end to Boko Haram insurgency”.
“The pilgrims had also prayed for
lasting peace to return to Borno as well as for wisdom (like) King Solomon for
Governor Kashim Shettima as he steers the affairs of Borno”.
The statement said the two days
of prayers and fasting were choosen to coincide with the pilgrims’ visits to
some of the significant holy sites.
Miss Bata said the pilgrims
visited the western gate in Jerusalem known as “Wailing Wall”, which is
considered sacred and a holy spot where prayer items are written on slips of
paper and inserted on cracks on the wall.
She said they also visited the
church at Bethesda where Jesus is believed to have performed his first miracle
of healing a man who was sick for 39 years, and also the tomb of Christ.
A leader of the delegation, Ayuba
Wakawa, thanked Governor Shettima for giving the Christian community a sense of
belonging in the state.
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