By Olanrewaju Adesanya
The Senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District, Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru, has congratulated Muslims in the Senatorial district and across Nigeria on this year’s commemoration of Eid-el-Kabir.
In a goodwill message signed by the Senator on Monday in Lagos, Senator Abiru called for religious tolerance and peaceful coexistence among Nigerians stressing that divisive and incendiary rhetoric capable of overheating the polity and causing ethnic strife should be shunned.
Senator Abiru urged Nigerians to be unrelenting in prayers at this critical time in the nation’s history.
“The support and prayers of all well-meaning citizens of this great country is required as leaders battle security, economic and other challenges confronting the nation”, Abiru noted in his Sallah message.
The lawmaker also drew the attention of the residents of the Lagos East Senatorial District and the entire Lagosians to the recent spike in COVID-19 cases in the state urging Muslims and non-muslims to adhere to COVID-19 safety protocol as they merry during the Eid-El-Kabir festivity.
Abiru urged Lagosians across 377 wards in the 57 Local Governments and Local Council Development Areas, (LCDAs) in Lagos State to come out en-masse to vote the All Progressives Congress, APC candidates during Local Government election on Saturday.