CAN also called on all its chapters to mobilise their
members to attend the event which will hold at the National Christian
Center in Abuja.
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has set aside January 10, 2019 as a day of prayer.
The association said that the prayer sessions for the day will be focused on the 2019 general elections and Leah Sharibu, Premium Times reports.
Sharibu is the Dapchi school girl still in Boko Haram captivity because she refused to denounce Christianity.
CAN also called on all its chapters to mobilise their members to attend the event which will hold at the National Christian Center in Abuja.
The association, in a statement signed by Adebayo Oladeji, the special assistant to the CAN President, Samson Ayokunle, said “The
leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has declared
January 10 as a National Day of Prayers for peaceful, free, fair and
credible election and freedom for Leah Sharibu and others in the
captivity of the Boko Haram terrorists.
“The prayer meeting is to be organised in
Abuja and all the State capitals nationwide between 11:00am and 2:00pm
prompt with a view to asking God to prevent violence, manipulation,
intimidation of voters and other electoral crimes with a view to having credible election.
“Christian politicians especially those
contesting for elective offices or their representatives are also
invited as they will be prayed for to be good Ambassadors of Christ
before, during and after the election.
“We are to pray for all Christians
contesting for one post or the other for the will of God to be done
concerning their ambition. That the powerful in our nation will not be
able to manipulate the election and edge them out.”
The presidential and National Assembly
elections will hold on Saturday, February 16, 2019, while the
Governorship and state Assembly elections are scheduled to hold on
Saturday, March 2, 2019.