Bukola Saraki has urged Muslims to utilize the holy month of Ramadan to pray for continuous peace and unity in Nigeria.

The Nigeria Senate president made the call in a statement by Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, on Thursday May 17 in Abuja. “Nigerians, Muslims in particular, should make use of this opportunity to pray for the end of insecurity and other violent crimes threatening our existence both as a people and nation,” the statement reads. “Apart from being a time to assist the weak, vulnerable and less fortunate among us, let us utilize this period to pray for continuous peace and unity in the country because with Allah’s help all our individual and national challenges are surmountable.”

Saraki also urged muslims to fast and pray in obedience to the dictates of the Holy Quran, which is to fulfill one of the five pillars of Islam, through family and congregational prayers, sharing of Iftar meals and being generous to the less fortunate around us.
During a plenary session on Wednesday, Saraki informed other lawmakers of his decision to visit the President Muhammadu Buhari to discuss the rumored plot by Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris. He said the governor of his state, Abdulfatai Ahmed revealed to him that Idris Ibrahim had directed the Commissioner of Police the state to immediately transfer a group of suspects who had been in police cells for several weeks for cultism and whose investigation had been concluded to the Force Headquarters in Abuja.

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