Tinubu Thanks Lagos Assembly For Special ‘Tawaf’, Calls For Prayer For Nigeria

National leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has called for special prayers for Nigeria while also thanking the members of the Lagos State House of Assembly for a special tawaf (circumambulation of Holy Kaabah) and prayer session for him in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Thursday.

The presidential aspirant in a statement released by his media office said their gesture is an addition to other prayers that have been offered for his success at the poll in 2023.

He also requested that a prayer be offered for Nigeria, in addition to the Federal Government’s effort to overcome the menace of insecurity

The statement reads, “As Muslim faithful continue their fasting and supplications to Allah in this Holy month of Ramadan, I express my gratitude to the Lagos State House of Assembly for their decision to organise a special tawaf (circumambulation of Holy Kaabah) and prayer session for me today (Thursday) in Mecca.

“I’m most honoured by this gesture purposed to be in furtherance of similar prayers seeking God’s blessings for my aspiration to lead our country from 2023.

“However, while thanking Speaker Mudasiru Obasa and all members of the Lagos State House of Assembly for this important decision, I enjoin the Speaker and his colleagues to go beyond my ambition and pray for Nigeria as well.

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“I urge them to intercede on behalf of the nation and beseech Almighty Allah for an end to the challenges besieging our country.

“I urge them to pray for President Muhammadu Buhari and his administration in their efforts to surmount these challenges.

“Pray to Almighty Allah to touch the hearts of bandits and criminal elements in our country so they toe the path of goodness in this blessed month.

“I also enjoin everyone organising or holding similar prayers either for themselves or for some particular causes to also remember to pray for our country in this sacred month.”