ICC Note:

Mukhtar Yero, Governor of Kaduna State in northern Nigeria, took the opportunity this Good Friday to call on Christians to pray ever more intensely for peace throughout the destabilized nation. Plagued by vicious Boko Haram attacks that have left thousands dead, hundreds abducted, and tens of thousands homeless and internally displaced, northern Nigeria continues to suffer the radical Islamic insurgency’s ongoing attempt to carve out a separate Islamic state.

04/18/2014 Nigeria (CHANNELS) – As Christians across the country celebrate Easter, Governor Mukhtar Yero of Kaduna State has urged Christians to use the occasion to intensify prayers and devotion for God’s intervention on the current security challenges facing the nation.

The Governor noted that only God’s intervention would ensure the victory over the war against terrorism in the country which has been orchestrated by the Boko Haram sect.

In a goodwill message signed by his Director-General, Media and Publicity, Ahmed Maiyaki, Governor Yero congratulated Christians and indeed the entire people of Kaduna State on the occasion of the Easter celebration, and called on them to forge greater unity irrespective of their religious or ethnic diversities.

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