Edo Monarchs Declares Jan 2 For Prayers And Fasting (See Why)

The council of traditional rulers in Edo state has declared January 2 as a day of fasting and praying to seek divine intervention into the faceoff between the Governor of the state, Godwin Obaseki and the National Chairman of the All Progressive Party APC, Adams Oshiomhole.

It could be recalled that both Obaseki and Oshiomhole has been embroiled in protracted crisis which has polarised the party in the state.

The Spokesperson of the Otaru of Auchi, Alh. Usman Abudah, disclosed this development in a press statement issued on Monday in Benin.

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He noted that the royal father, Alh. Aliru Momoh, enjoined the Muslim ummah in his kingdom to continue to pray for peace in the state.

Abudah said that the monarch, while briefing members of Otaru-in-Council (OIC) on the recent meeting of the state Traditional Rulers’ Council, presided over by the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, had also urged them to join in the exercise.

While saying that the fasting would hold on Jan. 2, 2020, he enjoined the entire kingdom to also support the efforts of the royal fathers, “as prayers are never too much and nobody knows whose prayers the Almighty will accept.”