At least 10,000 brethren of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star will today take part in a peace march round the streets of Abuja dressed in their traditional white robes, as the Father of the brotherhood, Olumba Olumba Obu visits Abuja to declare peace in Nigeria.
Speaking during a press conference yesterday, the chairperson of the local organising committee, LOC, Egan
Adat explained that the peace march is intended to capture the youths of Nigeria and to steer them back to the paths of
moral rectitude.
As part of the programmes of the Brotherhood All Youth Assembly, BAYA, the youth wing of the brotherhood in its
2014 outreach programme titled “Love for One Another,” the peace march is intended to raise awareness of the three-
day conference, and to institute the culture of peace in the minds of Nigerians.
According to Egan Adat, the youths who are a vibrant and skilful segment of the human resource of any society, have become very vulnerable to societal ills and are now deploying their talents and intellect negatively, thus the need for a value reorientation.
“Though ethnic differences, colour, language, belief system, customs etc, tend to divide us and create problems in the world, we are nonetheless one large family under “God, the creator,” Adat stressed.
The 10,000 man youth peace march which will begin from 7am today from the Eagle Square will kick off a three-day
event from Friday September 19, to Sunday September 21.
The event which includes seminars, conferences,visitations, exchange programmes, songs and trainings will
culminate in the Father declaring peace in Nigeria, a declaration believed to end the insurgency and other ethnic
crises that currently bedevil the country.
Source: The Nigerian Pilot
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