By SAM EYOBOKA & OLAYINKA LATONA
IKEJA—TRAFFIC in Ikeja area of Lagos was brought to standstill, Monday, during a non-government organisation, Partnership For A New Nigeria, PFANN- organised prayer rally for peace in the country.

Okada riders abandoned their trade as they joined eminent Nigerians, including the Director of Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, Dr. Is-haq Akintola and Ms. Onyeka Onwenu at Obafemi Awolowo Way-Allen Avenue Roundabout, to intercede for the nation and its leaders.

They all defied the light rain to sing, dance and pray for peace in the land.

Driven by passion to see a better nation, PFANN leader, Evangelist Elishama Ideh, led flag-carrying Nigerians to dance round the square seven times in a symbolic reference to the biblical story of Israelites dancing around the wall of Jericho, praying to God to dismantle all obstacles against the nation’s progress.

Ideh said the gathering was significant and prophetic as Nigeria will experience a new turn, politically and economically as the people offered prayers in the six geo-political zones of the country.

According to her, “it time Nigerians began to take more than a passing interest in the governance of the country. We must all work towards making Nigeria a better place for this current generation and the coming generations.

“It is time to begin to work towards making Nigeria a better place. It is time to stop hunger in the midst of plenty. Let us drive away poverty from our land, so that our people can smile again,” she said, adding that there was need to change the failing order and move Nigeria to greater heights.

“We all must regard this clarion call to take this country take her place of glory as originally intended by God. We pray that all negative things happening currently in Nigeria will be a thing of the past,” the evangelist said, adding that the dance round the square was prophetic and a directive from God.