EBONYI State Governor David Umahi has boasted that no mortal man has the power to upturn a divine commission come 2019 pointing at a great difference in both the spirit and leadership personality between Ekiti and the Ebonyi State.
Governor Umahi stated these while Speaking on the general condition of the country under the All progressives Congress,(APC ) and advised the opposition never to pre-judge the outcome of 2019 elections in the State based on the recent Ekiti State experience.
He also stressed that Nigeria more than ever has been tormented and bedevilled by so much suffering, insecurity, oppression, hatred, division, and segregation, by the APC government adding that mutual suspicion abounds, even among the leaders.
Governor David Umahi made this known when he tasked the members of the state Pilgrims to be fervent in praying for the nation while in the Holy Land, as the country presently, required those who would doggedly stand in the gap to avert the seemingly divine judgement passed against Nigeria during his valedictory Address and flag-off of Basic Travel Allowance (BTA) presentation to Ebonyi State Pilgrim designates in Abakaliki.
Umahi said: “This is very, very important. It is in the situation we find ourselves in Nigeria that Esther said I will go and if I perish, I perish.
“We are seeking for men and women that would stand in the gap for this nation.
“The nation is troubled. It is as if judgment has come upon our nation.
“That is why I feel excited that in a time like this, you are going to the Holy Land.
“It is very important that you say like Esther If I perish, I Perish; that in the presence of God that you get lost and begin to talk to God about this nation.
“There is judgment upon the nation.
“There is so much suffering, so much oppression, so much hatred, so much division, so much segregation and suspicion, even among leaders.
“So we must know that our nation is troubled and I feel very bad when people talk like gods.
“Some people said they will use Army, they will use Police, they will do what happened in Ekiti.
“ I want to let them know that the Spirit of Ekiti is different from Ebonyi; the grace in Ebonyi different from the grace in Ekiti
“A Child of God is on the Throne and I came by the finger of God. So our confidence is in the Lord.
“The Bible says who is it that speaks when the Lord has not spoken.”
He further urged the pilgrims to show great deal of integrity and moral values while they also “Pray for our Party primaries…pray for our election, pray for our finances…that the good Lord would continue to bind Ebonyi State as one united family.”
Addressing the Pilgrims earlier, the Chairman Ebonyi State Pilgrims Welfare Board, Reverend Father Abraham Nwali expressed optimism that they would come back with the much required spiritual transformation and rejuvenation.
He noted that pilgrimage to Israel reminds Christians that “we are sojourners in the world, adding that pilgrimage is a fulfilment of agelong Biblical prophesy and advised the pilgrims to be disciplined, careful, show contentment and avoid all acts of abscondment while in the Holy Land.
In a goodwill message delivered by the Federal Commissioner of the Nigeria Pilgrims Welfare Board, South-East zone, Reverend Emmanuel Ebomuche, he eulogized Governor Umahi for both his infrastructural innovations in the State and his goodwill in sponsoring the pilgrims, adding that Ebonyi was the first State at the moment to sponsor pilgrims to the Holy Land.
The Pilgrims were to combine the pilgrimage to the Holy land with an Agricultural tour of Israel as explained by the State Chairman of the Pilgrims Welfare Board.
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