The room was filled with women as diverse as we come, from known celebrities like Funke Akindele and Stella Damasus to students, market women, corporate giants and clergy women from different denominations.
What set this prayer meeting apart was this, before the prayers
were made, a woman would mount the podium and narrate her PERSONAL story
in the violence. A woman from Jos for instance, came up and graphically
narrated how her community was burnt down with pregnant women and
children slaughtered in the process.
Award winning photographer TY Bello who took these photos said “We
were going to be praying against violence in Nigeria. I was itching to
pray with everything but something kept pressing to bring my camera so
As she spoke, what started as one woman wailing uncontrollably in
the back became a wave that spread across the room and Everyone (including Funke Akindele, Ufuoma Ejenobor, Tara Durotoye, Nike Adeyemi, Mary Alibaba among others) began to cry and pour their hearts to God for the blood that was being shed across our nation.
There really wasn’t a place to hide our emotions this wasn’t the
news or a blog post. This was OUR sister.., standing before you in flesh
and blood .. Uttering truth we had mastered the art of turning a blind
eye to.There were no blind eyes in the room. There wasn’t one dry eye
either. Reality came and stared us right in the face.”
See more photos below
There’s another summit taking place at the Muson center on Saturday, 9am and men are invited this time.