2027: ‘Beg Pope Leo to visit us, Nigeria needs prayers’ – Abati tells Catholic Bishops

Veteran writer and erstwhile statesmanlike aide, Reuben Abati, has called connected the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, to lobby for a papal visit, saying the state is successful dire request of prayers up of the 2027 wide elections.

Abati made the entreaty connected Thursday portion speaking connected The Morning Show connected Arise Television.

Referring to caller remarks by the Catholic Bishops urging President Bola Tinubu to code worsening insecurity and the ongoing unit successful parts of the country, Abati said the religion should instrumentality further steps by seeking a sojourn from Pope Leo XIV.

According to him, the Pope is scheduled to sojourn 4 African countries successful April – Algeria, Cameroon, Angola, and Equatorial Guinea – marking his archetypal papal sojourn to the continent.

Abati questioned whether it would beryllium imaginable for Nigeria to lobby for inclusion successful the Pope’s African tour, stressing that the state needs spiritual involution arsenic it approaches the adjacent wide elections.

Abati said: “First, you quoted the Catholics Bishops of Nigeria saying to President Tinubu, you hav...