David Mark Calls For Spirituality Against Boko Haram

Senate President, David Mark, on Wednesday called on Nigerians to turn to God as the only way out of the protracted battle against the Boko Haram insurgency.

Incumbent Senate President, David Mark

The Senate President also called on the compatriots to pray for other political and economic problems confronting the country in general, ThisDay reports.

Mark, who made this known in a statement issued by his media aide, Paul Mumeh, expressed optimism that God would heal the land “only if we turn to Him to salvage the myriads of crisis facing the nation.”

“What the country is passing through at the moment is a test of our faith. We must be steadfast in our prayers that God will save Nigeria. What we need now as a nation is sincerity of purpose. Sincerity on the part of everybody, the government and the people. With prayers, our country will see the end of this insurgency and God will totally heal our land,” Mark said.

The Senate President further called for free, fair and credible elections in 2015, and went ahead to advise Nigerians to continue to do the right thing both in the presence of God and in the sight of men.
He tasked the Nigerian youths to embrace prayer network as the means for positive change in the efforts to build a greater nation.

In a related development, Rev. Father Charles Ndubuisi, at a meeting with Mark, said youths across the nation have to come together to raise their voices to God in the midst of lingering crisis and also to seek change of attitude among the younger generation.

The clergyman assured that his prayer group came together with the mission to pray to God to end the issues of insecurity, corruption and unemployment in the country.

“We have come together to raise our voices to God. The future belongs to young people and as youths by implication, we are praying for ourselves too,” he said.


It would be recalled that David Mark, the Senate President, raised the alarm over Monday’s failed attempt by Boko Haram terrorists to seize the Yobe State Government House in Damaturu.

Meanwhile, over 100 people reportedly lost their lives following the recent attacks carried out by members of the relentless terrorist group, Boko Haram in two North-Eastern states of Borno and Yobe on Monday.