Saraki's Supporters Take To Prayers,Hires 1500 Islamic Clerics To Pray

Senate President, Dr. Olubukola Saraki’s supporters have engaged in fast and prayers over the alleged corruption cases against him, The Punch reports.

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 Yusuf, who is one amongst the conveners of the prayers, in an interview with The Punch newspaper, in Ilorin, Kwara state, on Saturday, Sept. 19^th, aforementioned prayer sessions were on going everywhere in the state, particularly within the Ilorin.

Yusuf, who is the convener of Maja Elders Forum, expressed hope that Saraki’s travail would soon be over.

Yusuf, who is popularly called Maja, said: “I have mobilised more than 500 Imans and over 1,000 others are praying in different areas. They have been praying and fasting. Even the women are praying for him. Saraki is our benefactor. Even the uneducated do not want anything to happen to Bukola Saraki. They are not sleeping but are also praying. The prayers will last till Saraki’s ordeal is over.”

“All of us in Ilorin, including the Chief Imam of Ilorin, are involved in the prayers. Saraki is our leader. Within the short time that he was elevated as the Senate President, we know what we have benefited from him,” he said.
Main while,the presidency has dissociated itself from the on going probe requesting that Saraki go forth to respond to the CCB





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