Gospel singer, Adeyinka Alaseyori, has urged Nigerians to stop blaming President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the country’s rising security challenges, insisting that citizens should rather focus on prayers for the nation.
Alaseyori made the appeal in a recent video message shared online, where she maintained that prayer remains a powerful solution to national problems and should not be dismissed.
“Prayers are working. Don’t let anybody tell you prayers are not working,” she said.
She argued that responsibility for Nigeria’s security situation should not be placed solely on the President or security agencies, adding that every sector of the country requires spiritual intervention.
“From the president to the last person in this country, we need to pray. Every parastatal, every sector, we all need prayers,” she added.
The gospel singer also cautioned against what she described as hasty conclusions about the performance of government officials, including the President and Vice President, on security matters.
“You can’t say the president or vice president is not working. The security personnel might have gone to rescue them and a charm could have covered their face so they would not see anything. That is the place of prayer,” she said.
Her remarks come amid growing public criticism of the Federal Government over insecurity, as well as calls from some public figures for more decisive action.
Recently, British-Nigerian rapper Skepta had criticised the worsening situation in Nigeria, describing it as a “deep level of injustice” and calling for global attention to the country’s challenges.
Nigeria has continued to grapple with kidnappings and violent attacks in several regions, including a recent abduction of 46 students and staff in Oyo State, where one teacher was reportedly killed.
