Trouble in Rivers state: Govt declares 3-day fasting
- A 3-day fast has been declared for the people of Rivers state
- The fast is to seek the face of God and his direction in the forthcoming election re-run
- Governor Nyesom Wike has urged everyone in Rivers to join in the spiritual exercise
Following the tension building up in the Rivers state, the government has declared a three-day fasting to seek God’s intervention for peace and order in the state, ahead of the rerun elections slated for Saturday, December 10.
The people of Rivers state have been urged to seek God's intervention in the forthcoming rerun elections.
Austin Tam-George, the state Commission for Information, said this in a statement he issued on Monday, December 5.
According to the commissioner, the fasting will span between Wednesday, December 7 and Friday, December 9.
He said that Gov Nyesom Wike pleaded with residents and churches in the state to actively participate in the spiritual exercise.
“The fasting will involve churches and residents of the state; the essence is to seek God’s divine intervention in the election.
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“We know that when we seek the face of God, He will cause our state to have a peaceful rerun election and no principality or power can stand Him.’’
He enjoined Rivers people to engage in acts capable of promoting peace during the election.
The Independent Electoral Commission fixed December 10 for rerun elections into National and State Assembly positions in the state.
Meanwhile, the governor of Kano state, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has earned the wrath of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for allegedly making disparaging comments against the people of Rivers state.
The PDP, through Prince Dayo Adeyeye, its national publicity secretary, said Ganduje had proven that the All Progressives Congress (APC) would rig the senatorial rerun in the state in its desperation.
While answering questions from journalists in Abuja on Friday, December 2, 2016 on the preparation of the APC ahead of the exercise, Ganduje who is the chairman of his party's election campaign committee for the state, was quoted as saying: "You know in that part of the country having free and fair elections is not normal and we have to make it normal this time."
He also reportedly boasted that the AP- led federal government would deploy massive securities for the exercise.
In its reaction, the PDP such comment from a governor was unfortunate and ridiculous.