Oba Of Benin Declares 2-week Prayer, Fasting For Peace, Bumper Harvest

The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, has called connected Edo indigenes and residents of the authorities to embark connected a two-week fasting and supplication to ward disconnected evil from the land.

In a connection yesterday, the Obamedo of Benin, Efosa Igbinomwanhia, the revered accepted ruler, said the workout would commence connected September 15 and extremity connected September 28.

He urged each Benin sons and daughters astatine location and overseas to accelerated and commune during the period.

“His Royal Majesty, Omo N’Oba N’Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, Oba of Benin, uses this mean to pass the wide nationalist that from 15th September, 2025 to 28th September, 2025, each sons and daughters of Benin Kingdom and, by hold indigenes and non-indigenes surviving successful Edo State, to embark connected 2 weeks fasting and prayer.

“This is successful enactment with our age-long contented that earlier the commencement of the yearly caller yam, it is important that we accelerated and commune to God Almighty and the royal ancestors for bountiful harvest and to shield america distant from abrupt decease and for bid and tranquillity successful our idiosyncratic homes, families, authorities and state astatine large.

“All Benin sons and daughters astatine location and successful the diaspora are to accelerated and commune during this period. The two-week fasting play is from 6 americium to 6 p.m. daily. The Omo N’Oba prays to God Almighty to assistance america bid and happiness arsenic we embark connected this fasting and prayer.”