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CANCER: Pray For Me - Ex Petroleum Minister by oluwatomisin93(m): 6:06am On Oct 10, 2015
IMMEDIATE past Petroleum Resources Minister, Mrs
Diezani Alison-Madueke, who is battling with cancer in
London and being investigated by UK’s National Crime
Agency (NCA) for alleged corruption, has asked
Nigerians for a special favour. She wants Nigerians to
pray for her as she undergoes cancer surgery next week.
Speaking
through
Oscar
Onwudiwe,
her family’s
lawyer,
according
to online
newspaper,
The Cable,
Diezani,
who denied
reports of
her arrest,
said she
was
undergoing
cancer
treatment in
the UK and
“hopes to come out strong to face all the allegations.”
In a statement, Onwudiwe said: “The Madueke family,
like most other families, has its own challenges. For
instance, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke has been
receiving treatment for cancer in the UK which started
while she was in office. She completed months of
chemotherapy just last week and she is scheduled to
undergo surgery next week in London.

The family has been bearing this challenge with prayers
and as much grace and fortitude as possible; and would
plead with all reasonable Nigerians to pray for her
recovery so that she can face these allegations and give
account of her stewardship.”
The call for prayers came after an earlier statement
released on Thursday in which the family revealed the
state of the former minister. Onwudiwe had made the
following statement:

“The stories are false but it(sic) feeds the mood of the
moment; hence, the silence from Diezani all along. It is
worth emphasising that Mrs Alison-Madueke was never
arrested or detained and her passport was never seized.
She was merely invited, and she honoured it promptly.
But there is a limit to how much any reasonable person
can bear the tactics of these … We all know that what
makes a lie fly is the little truth contained therein.

This happens to be the weapon used to defame highly-
placed people.” Onwudiwe also accused the Nigerian
media of reporting “laughable claims” of a purchase of
an apartment in Hyde Park with an “amount which
embarrassingly ranges from £12.5 million sterling to £13
billion sterling (N3.9tr).

“This claim is utterly false and laughable, for the
amounts mentioned are only in the imagination of the
reporters. This property is quite popular. It belongs to a
well-known eminently successful Nigerian entrepreneur
who would also find this allegation embarrassing as the
intention to sell the property has neither been
contemplated nor disclosed to any person.”

Mixed reaction greets Diezani’s prayer request
Diezani’s request elicited mixed reactions from some
Nigerians. While some said they would not pray, others
said they would pray for the speedy recovery of the
former minister to enable her face her graft trial.

We will pray for her and all Nigerians – Ikokwu
Second Republic Politician, Chief Guy Ikokwu, who has
always called for the restructuring of the country and
adoption of the parliamentary system of government to
check corruption, urged Nigerians to pray for the former
oil minister.

‘’We will pray for her and all other Nigerians, both those
who are ill and well so that God bestows His mercy on all
for the right things to be done in the nation. Nigeria
needs God’s mercy. God knows those who are guilty and
those who are not guilty,’’ he said.
We will pray she recovers and asks for God’s
forgiveness – Sarah Jubril
Former Presidential Candidate, Mrs Sarah Jubril said
apart from quick recovery it is also good for Diezani to
ask for God’s forgiveness if she is guilty of the graft
allegations.

Her words: ‘’Thank God she believes Nigerians have a
forgiving heart. We will pray she recovers and ask God
for forgiveness if the allegations against her are true.
Thank God she is alive. I wish her quick recovery. It is
good she has the humility to ask Nigerians for their
prayers. We hope to see her in good health soon.’’
She doesn’t deserve our prayers – Gbagi
However, former Minister of State for Education,
Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, disagreed and urged Nigerians
not to pray for her. ‘’How can we pray for her when she
put Nigeria into bankruptcy? Let her go and ask
forgiveness from God.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/10/cancer-pray-for-me-diezani-begs-nigerians/
Re: CANCER: Pray For Me - Ex Petroleum Minister by SeverusSnape(m): 6:10am On Oct 10, 2015
We will pray for you ma'am. smiley
Re: CANCER: Pray For Me - Ex Petroleum Minister by ORACLE1975(m): 6:13am On Oct 10, 2015
bye bye na him u b ;Dbye bye na him u b
Re: CANCER: Pray For Me - Ex Petroleum Minister by segzyj(m): 6:22am On Oct 10, 2015
Pray for your enemy, give them food by so doing you are ............
Re: CANCER: Pray For Me - Ex Petroleum Minister by temitemi1(m): 6:23am On Oct 10, 2015
Its well with u madam.
Re: CANCER: Pray For Me - Ex Petroleum Minister by mightyhaze: 6:28am On Oct 10, 2015
By His stripes madam , ur healed. HAllelujah!
Re: CANCER: Pray For Me - Ex Petroleum Minister by galadima77(m): 6:28am On Oct 10, 2015
Madam, you shall not die now! Lord knows we the Nigerian masses need u hale n hearthy!

....else how do we recover those monies back?
Re: CANCER: Pray For Me - Ex Petroleum Minister by Nobody: 6:41am On Oct 10, 2015
Mummy the only prayer I'll pray for right now is recover, face your trials, return our money , die and rot in hell
Re: CANCER: Pray For Me - Ex Petroleum Minister by agarawu23(m): 6:44am On Oct 10, 2015
Of cus I will, I don't wish you death because when you are alive, that's when you can face your trial and return our stolen money
Re: CANCER: Pray For Me - Ex Petroleum Minister by Fluidelvis(m): 6:50am On Oct 10, 2015
Nigerians r so freaking sentimental! Our v.corrupt public office holders have always used that against us! If u leave the shores of this country, u'll see the kind of development good leaders have brought upon their land.
Why is it now that she's being probed for such a ludicrous & ill-gotten sum of money(£13 million) that she's telling the gullible populace that she has cancer
I used to hold her in such high esteem undecided undecided undecided.. Too bad.. Mtcheeew
Re: CANCER: Pray For Me - Ex Petroleum Minister by sebali: 7:01am On Oct 10, 2015
Yungwizzzy:
Mummy the only prayer I'll pray for right now is recover, face your trials, return our money , die and rot in hell

AMEN

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