Tinubu in Mecca
Former Lagos governor and presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has expressed gratitude to the state House of Assembly for the special Tawaf and prayer session the house organized for him in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Thursday.
He said he felt honoured for the gesture which he said is in furtherance of their similar prayers seeking God’s blessings for his aspiration to lead Nigeria from 2023.
The statement read in full, “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.
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“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.
“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.”
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