Edo State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, on Thursday in Benin offered prayers for the smooth conduct of Saturday’s governorship election in the state, with a charge to the electorate to vote candidate of their choice.
In his welcome address, the state CAN chairman, Apostle Omoike said the prayer session became necessary, particularly against the backdrop of several threats arising from political campaigns.
He said Edo is known to be peaceful and that the session was to intercede so that credible candidate with the fear of God and love for the people, respect constituted authorities would emerge.
Omoike added that the prayer was to have a governor who would uphold the tenet of integrity which has remained the benchmarks of sustainable governance in the state right from the Midwest and Bendel eras.
While making reference to Matthew 5:9 and 2 Chronicle 7:14, the cleric urged the people to embrace peace before, during and after the election, noting that elections should not be seen as do-or-die-affairs.
The prayer session, which featured all the Christian denominations in Benin, was also targeted to bring peace and wade off untimely deaths, attacks and other forms of negative intentions in the state.
