The Elegushi of Ikate Kingdom, Oba Saheed Ademola Elegushi, will today lead other prominent monarchs and Lagosians in offering prayers for the country, to seek divine intervention in the affairs of the nation.
The prayers will be part of activities for this year’s Ejiwa Elegba Festival, an annual cultural and spiritual celebration of coastal communities in Lagos, holding at Ikate-Elegushi between March 22 and 28.
The monarch, in a statement by his spokesperson, Temitope Oyefeso, said the challenges confronting Nigerians requires divine intervention, even as the government at various levels continue to proffer solutions to the socio-economic issues.
The Ejiwa Elegba Festival, held in five areas of the state, will start from Iddo to Iru kingdom and later move to Ikate-Elegushi. The celebration will also be held in Ijora and Ilashe at later dates.