Okorocha urges Nigerians to pray for peaceful elections

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo has urged Nigerians to use the Christmas season to pray for peaceful conduct of the general elections in 2015.

Okorocha made the call in his Christmas message in Owerri on Wednesday.

He also urged Nigerians to pray for divine intervention over insurgency that had claimed many innocent lives in the country.

He said the world was marking the birth of Jesus Christ whom he said preached and ensured peace in the world.

Okorocha said emphasis on religion and ethnic divide was drawing the country backward instead of moving her forward.

According to him, Nigeria would do better as a united nation than as a polarised country.

The governor pleaded with the elite to stop fanning the ember of discord, “because the ordinary Nigerians have no problem with each other.”

He urged the people of the state to remain peaceful and loving.

He said the stories about the state would continue to be that of success, development and progress.