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\u00a0Abuja \u2013 The FCT Minister, Senator\u00a0 Bala Mohammed, has called on religious leaders in the territory to pray for the success of the general elections which will begin on Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mohammed,\u00a0 who made the call\u00a0 in Abuja while addressing\u00a0 some Muslim clerics at a security meeting, urged the leaders to use their closeness to God to pray for the country.<\/p>\n

He said the country needed fervent prayers for peaceful elections, adding that the country\u00a0 belonged to all Nigerians irrespective of\u00a0 religious, ethnic\u00a0 or political inclinations.<\/p>\n

\u201cI charge you all as clerics to preach unity in the country and de-emphasis these things that divide us.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cI am of the belief that power belongs to God and He will give it to whoever pleases Him at a particular period of time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mohammed advised the clerics to see themselves as representatives of God on earth and use their position to promote peaceful co-existence.<\/p>\n

The minister, who charged FCT residents to shun any act of\u00a0 violence during and after the elections, commended\u00a0 the clerics for their support to the FCT administration.<\/p>\n

In his remarks, Abuja National Mosque Chief Imam,\u00a0 Musa Muhammad, prayed for peace and tranquility during\u00a0 the elections.<\/p>\n

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