The C&S order explained that the 2017 annual provincial thanksgiving service was devoted to praying for his speedy recovery, Tribune reports.

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Special Senior Apostle and Chairman, Umuahia Province of the church, F.N. Agbugba, noted this while speaking after the program last Sunday.

Agbugba went on to encourage Nigerians to remember the President in their prayers because “President Buhari deserves the prayers of Nigerians, going by the fact that he is the leader and God said in His Holy book that we should pray for our leaders.”

Speaking on the southern Kaduna crisis which has stirred several controversies in recent times and seen the loss of over 800 lives, Agbugba challenged politicians in the affected areas of the state to state the true facts of the crisis.

According to him, the reports released on the crisis so far seem far from the truth.

Tribune reports that Agbugba also prayed God to grant the country peace, adding that the provincial thanksgiving service was organized every last Sunday of January in appreciation to God for His mercies at beginning of the year.

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The event reportedly saw the eight districts in the state, in attendance.

He also called for prayers to for divine intervention in the nation’s current recession.