Nigeria: IFA Worshippers Join Search to Rescue Chibok Girls

23 May 2014

The cries and prayers for the release of female students of Government Secondary School, Chibok abducted by members of the Boko Haram terrorists group, yesterday came from unlikely quarters as adherents of Ifa religion from across Nigeria converged on Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, where they offered special prayers for the release of the girls.

For over five hours, the leaders of the religion invoke chants in the form of incantations as they made several supplication to the god of divinity for the release and safe return of the seized girls.

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