{"id":60493,"date":"2021-09-13T15:48:42","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T19:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africatodaynewsonline.com\/?p=60493"},"modified":"2021-09-13T15:48:42","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T19:48:42","slug":"stop-praying-for-nigeria-seun-kuti-tells-religious-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africatodaynewsnewyork.com\/2021\/09\/13\/stop-praying-for-nigeria-seun-kuti-tells-religious-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop Praying For Nigeria \u2013 Seun Kuti Tells Religious Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Nigerian Singer, <a href=\"https:\/\/africadailynews.net\/2020\/11\/21\/endsars-we-are-back-to-abacha-days-seun-kuti.html\">Seun Kuti<\/a> has called on pastors and imams to stop asking their congregants to pray for Nigeria.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\"><\/div>\n<p>The singer made this known in an Instagram post on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, clerics should start telling their congregants to fight for the country instead.<\/p>\n<p>He further went on to state that pastors who underperformed in their churches were sacked and not prayed for.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Read Also: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/africatodaynewsonline.com\/2021\/06\/24\/get-the-sax-make-some-music-wizkid-replies-seun-kuti\/\">\u2018Get The Sax, Make Some Music\u2019 \u2013 Wizkid Replies Seun Kuti<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Kuti added that girls who accused pastors of raping them weren\u2019t prayed for, including men who accused pastors of sleeping with their wives.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8216;Switch up the sermon! I mean when some pastors in some churches weren\u2019t performing, we didn\u2019t pray for them, we sacked them from office.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8216;When some girls say some pastors raped them we didn\u2019t pray for them instead those pastors were sanctioned.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8216;When one man says one pastor knack him, wife, the pastor no pray for am o but everyday pray for Nigeria, pray for your leaders. Please fight for Nigeria Instead!&#8217;<\/em><\/strong> he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>AFRICA TODAY NEWS, NEW YORK<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigerian Singer, Seun Kuti has called on pastors and imams to stop asking their congregants to pray for Nigeria. The singer made this known in an Instagram post on Monday. According to him, clerics should start telling their congregants to fight for the country instead. 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