Governor of Anambra State Chief Willie Obiano on Saturday admitted the presence of evil spirits in the Government House.
The
governor made statement at the Province of the Niger, Anglican Prayer
Rally of Anambra State (APRAS) 2019 with theme ” The Righteous shall
Flourish like Palm Tree” held at the Dr. Alex Ekwueme square, Awka
Anambra state.
Obiano who spoke through the
secretary to the State Government, Prof. Solo Chukwubelu said there
are evil spirits in the state house.
The
governor who was reacting to the ministration of Bishop of Ogbaru, RT.
Rev. Prosper Amah,who said that as there are evil spirits in the
society,there are also evil spirit in the government house, that come
and go.
Obiano urged the church to pray for the
evil spirits to leave the government house permanently, so that
government can provide quality services to the people.
”
In the government House the evil spirits come and go. We urged the
church to pray hard to let them leave the government for good” he said.
Also
speaking during the occasion, the Archbishop ,Province of Niger and
Bishop, Dioceses of Awka, the Most Rev. Alexander Ibezim said that
the evil spirits in the house are human being and urged the governor
to deal deceively with them ,to leave the state house.
”
The government should fight evil spirits themselves in the state
house,while the church will fight those outside the government house” he
said.
He urged Christians to be prayerfully in their lives to be able to subdue Satan and its agents looking for who to destory.
Bishop
Ibezim ,however, appealed to Christians to caterr for the poor and
widows in the society, saying that the church should be concerned with
the plights of the underprivileged in the society.
According to him,any church that does not care for the poor and the widows has lost it values and glory.
He also urged the church to create future and directions for the youths of the country to grow.
“We are concerned about the future of the youths and we must make efforts to secure the future for them” he said.
The
bishop also used the opportunity to console the families of those who
lost their loved ones and property in recent Onitsha tanker explosion.
He prayed that God would in his infinite mercy console the families and replenish those who lost property.
