Prayers Help To Reduce Severity Of Boko Haram Attacks - Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan has attributed the relative peace in the country to prayers offered by various religious faiths.

Dr Jonathan spoke yesterday at the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Olive Tree Parish, Ikoyi, Lagos, where he attended the service.
President Jonathan said the country had experienced unfair share of global terror but remained united and unshaken because of the prayers of the faithful. He said:
“I want to thank all of you for your prayers for this country. I thank Christians and other religious groups who prayed for this country, especially at the period the whole world is facing a lot of challenges.
“You will agree with me that whenever you tune your television, especially the international news centres, like CNN, Aljazeera or Sky news, you always see breaking news.
“All the breaking news are always negative; you hardly see any positive breaking news all over the world.
“In Nigeria too, we have been having our own unfair share of these negative news brought about by Boko Haram, but we believe that God knows it all. Without your prayers, probably it will have been worse than this.”
The President, who said God had been faithful to Nigeria, added:
“God will continue to hear our prayers so that our country will get out of these challenges and other crimes.”
Jonathan specifically thanked Pastor Adeboye and the Redeemed family for the 100 days fasting and prayers declared since January, saying “for the Redeemed family, we have to sincerely thank you because you declared 100 days of fasting, which is not an easy task.