I pray their is no other Civil war in Nigeria – Gen. Gowon

Former head of state, General Yakubu Gowon, has said that he prays that Nigeria is not going through a new civil war. The former head of state expressed his disappointment at the many problems the country has had to deal with lately, especially the widespread security challenges and murders that he considered worrying. Gowon, who attended a special prayer stop in Yenagoa, said he had prayed and hoped at the end of the Nigerian Civil War that the country would not go that path again. He spoke with journalists shortly after the special church service in Yenagoa on Sunday.

Gowon, Chairman and convener of Nigeria Prays, said the activities of militant groups, the Boko Haram and the killings perpetrated by the ‘so called Fulani herdsmen’ were of serious concern to the leaders, elders and indeed, the citizens.

He explained that the country’s leaders were having sleepless nights over the acts of brutality and wickedness across the country.

Gowon called on Nigerians to give the requisite support to those in leadership positions in the bid to address the security challenges in the country.

“This is worrisome. When I recall the end of the civil war, I had hoped and prayed that Nigeria would never go through the same experience again.

“This was what I prayed for and you can see how worrying it is.

“All these spate of crises: Is it the militants, is it the Boko Haram, is it the so called Fulani herdsmen?

"All kinds of things that happen, the inhumanity of man to man, that happens through the length and breath of Nigeria. "Unfortunately, it is disturbing for all Nigerians, and this is all of us who have leadership positions, your governor and his assistants, as well as all governors across the country. "Everyone who is leaders is worried about it and always strives for everything we can do to get it under control. "But it is not only the leaders who can do it, they need the press and the support of the people to solve the problem together. "And this is our prayer, prayer for everyone in Nigeria and all Nigerians wherever they are, and we hope for more peace than what we have now," Gowon said.