By Uchenna Eletuo (07031241955)
Lagos, May 25, 2026– The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) Lagos State chapter, on Sunday ended its 3-day fasting and prayer against insecurity and prayed for a peaceful electoral process in Nigeria.
The prayer session, which came amid continued killings, kidnappings and banditry in some parts of the country was to draw public attention to the plight of people especially in northern Nigeria in order to put an end to it.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos reports that the session, held at the Global Impact Church Lagos State, ended with a rally by members.
It had members carrying placards bearing inscriptions such as “‘Stop the Persecution of Christains, Protect the Innocent, Nigeria Must be Safe and End Bloodshed in Nigeria” to register displeasure and for government action to end the violence.
Speaking at the event, PFN President, Bishop Francis Wale-Oke, said that PFN was worried and burdened for Nigeria today because “we have lost our sense of value for human life and its sanctity”.
The PFN boss, represented at the event by the PFN Lagos Chairman, Pastor Yemi Davids, regretted the level of banditry, kidnapping, violence, insecurity and savage killings all across the Nigerian landscape.
He said that the violence has risen to an intolerable height such that every Nigerian should cry out against it to God for divine intervention, and
to our governments for immediate and effective action.
According to him, several Chibok girls are still languishing in captivity, years after being massively kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents.
“Leah Sharibu is still shackled in bondage by religious kidnappers because she refused to renounce her Christian faith. And the Nigeria state did nothing. Student Deborah Samuel was burnt to death in Sokoto by a murderous mob simply for mentioning the name of Jesus and nothing happened to her killers.
“Since then, Taraba, Plateau, Benue states and Southern Kaduna have become daily killing fields. Edo, Kogi and Ondo states have also not been spared. As of today, several communities in Kwara State have been sacked by rampaging bandits, wielding sophisticated guns and other dangerous weapons.
“Innocent people were kidnapped, raped and killed again and again in large numbers in Borno, Niger, Sokoto, Kaduna and other states of the federation.
“Oyo State has become the latest killing field, culminating in the abduction of several teachers and students, with one of the teachers, Mr Michael Oyedokun, gruesomely beheaded and another one shot dead. While these satanic acts were going on, our political elites continued with business as.
“Usual as though nothing was happening. These are unspeakable and – despicable acts of terror. We are burdened for the loss of our sense of humanity.
“We are burdened for the unchecked rampaging of bandits, murderous herdsmen killing Nigerian farmers on their farms, Boko Haram insurgents using the noble religion of Islam to perpetrate heinous violence against peaceful Nigerians, unchecked,” he said.
He noted that the body most especially, mourn the apparent lack of a firm political will by the government to crush those horrible evils in Nigeria.
He noted that, Nigerians were sick and tired of this evil and the apparent misplaced focus on winning elections by all means rather than focusing the full weight of our law and federal might to crush the killers of Nigerians.
He described as an absurdity the situation were governments “rehabilitate” the so-called “repentant” Boko Haram and offer them a soft-landing with infusion into the nation’s military.
“We are burdened because our valiant Generals and their gallant soldiers are being killed like chickens because our security system has been infiltrated and fatally compromised.
“What is going on in Nigeria do more than take lives. It fractures unity, scares away investors, drives our best minds abroad, weakens the bond between the citizens and the State and creates a wave of insecurity and terror that make Nigerians no longer feel safe.
“On the night of 19th May 2026, the National Executive Council of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria met for prayer and deliberations on what is going on in Nigeria. We resolved as a Pentecostal community spread across every state of Nigeria to stand together in spiritual warfare, to fast, and pray to God our Amighty Father to arise and scatter the enemies of Nigeria.
“We call on the Federal Government to fulfil its constitutional and moral duty of protecting every citizen of Nigeria irrespective of tribe or religion.
“We urge our government to seek for help and partnership from the international community before it is too late,” the PFN maintained.
NAN