Christian Leaders in Nigeria’s Oyo State Declare Day of Prayer for End to Insecurity

Oyo State has been experiencing heightened insecurity in recent weeks. Last week, media personality Titus Badejo was shot dead while leaving an entertainment joint. 

On June 6, gunmen attacked the town of  Igangan within the State, killing eleven people. 

In the June 28 news report, CAN’s Chairman in Oyo State says they will also “pray for wisdom for the Governor.”

Apostle Akinyemiju further acknowledged that “insecurity is not exclusive to Oyo State” and called on Christians in Africa’s most populous nation to “not give in.”

In May, Catholic Bishops in Nigeria’s Ecclesiastical Provinces of Onitsha and Owerri said Nigeria is in “great danger” and that urgent action is required to address the high levels of insecurity.

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“We expect a stoppage of the carnage that is taking place in farmlands and in various locations,” the Catholic Bishops said in their May 11 statement.

They further called on the Federal government of Nigeria to “look into security matters and restrain those who are using weapons of various sorts to intimidate the people and to create this unrest.”

The same month, the national leadership of CAN declared three days of prayer for a stop to the country's incessant insecurity. 

The Christian leaders urged followers of Christ in Nigeria to pray “that every step the terrorists, bandits, kidnappers, gunmen and other wicked people in our midst take henceforth would be failed; that unseen hand and the army of the Lord would fight them and Nigeria would be at peace.”

“Pray that the plans of the evil people in our midst to paralyze human, social and economic activities in this nation and throw the nation into chaos would be foiled by the Lord Jesus Christ,” CAN officials said in their May 12 statement.