There are moments in the life of a nation when neutrality becomes cruelty and silence becomes violence. Nigeria has entered such a moment. Hunger stalks homes. Hope has thinned into anxiety. The poor have become statistics, and suffering has been normalised as policy language. In times like these, prayer must stop whispering. Faith must stop circling abstractions. It must speak directly into power, into leadership, and into consequence.

Psalm 83 was written for such seasons. It is not a hymn for comfort. It is a summons against conspiracy, oppression, and entrenched injustice. It is the prayer of a people who understand that when leadership fails catastrophically, heaven must be invoked to realign history.

“Keep not Thou silence, O God: hold not Thy peace, and be not still, O God.”

This is not panic. It is authority. The psalmist speaks because he knows a truth history has never disproved: when God rises, unjust power collapses. When God intervenes, incumbency loses immunity. When God speaks, the loudness of office holders becomes irrelevant.

Psalm 83 exposes a timeless pattern. Whenever a nation approaches rescue, resistance does not appear as accident. It arrives organised. It consults. It consolidates. It defends privilege. The enemies in the Psalm did not stumble into opposition. They planned it. They coordinated it. They believed power could outvote destiny.

“They have taken crafty counsel against Thy people, and consulted against Thy hidden ones.”

This verse reads like a diagnosis of Nigeria’s present predicament. It reminds us that bad leadership does not cling to power by performance, but by conspiracy. When suffering deepens and explanations fail,incumbents retreat into alliances, propaganda, and manipulation.

But Psalm 83 announces a verdict. Conspiracies do not survive divine judgment.Coalitions built on injustice eventually implode. Governments that turn deaf to suffering invite heaven’s response.

So our prayer is not vague. It is specific. It is directional. It is unapologetic.

O God, arise in 2027.

Terminate the reign of hardship.

Dislodge leadership that has normalised pain.

Dismantle the power that has multiplied hunger and despair.

Let the era of excuse end.

Scripture does not glorify continuity when continuity destroys life. It glorifies replacement when leadership becomes a burden to the people. Nations are not preserved by stubborn incumbency; they are healed by corrective change.

Nigeria today does not need endurance. It needs relief. It does not need explanations. It needs results. It does not need more slogans. It needs competence, empathy, and economic sanity.

This is why the contest of 2027 is not merely electoral. It is moral.

It is the choice between prolonged suffering and deliberate rescue.

It is the decision between a government that explains hunger and a leadership that ends it.

And this is where Atiku Abubakar stands.

Delay Is Not Disqualification.

Scripture points us to Caleb, a man whose life destroys the myth that destiny expires with time. At forty, Caleb received a divine promise. He believed when others surrendered to fear. He spoke hope when pessimism dominated public opinion. Yet he waited.

For forty-five years, Caleb watched regimes change and leaders rotate. Still, the promise stood intact.

At eighty-five, Caleb did not beg for pity. He demanded fulfilment.

“Give me this mountain.”

God did not revise the promise because of delay. He did not cancel it because of time. What was spoken early was delivered fully.

This principle speaks directly to our moment. Years of preparation do not weaken leadership. They mature it. Experience is not liability. It is equipment.

If earlier attempts did not prevail, they were not failures. They were training. They were refinement. They were preparation for authority in the right season.

O God who governs nations,

You who enthrone leaders and remove them,You who hear the cry of the poor and judge rulers,we commit the year 2027 into Your hands.

Stand with Atiku Abubakar.

Grant him victory over the incumbent President.Let the ballot become an instrument of rescue.Let the will of suffering Nigerians prevail over entrenched power.

Let economic sanity return.

Let food become affordable.

Let jobs replace despair.

Let dignity return to labour.

Let governance rediscover compassion.

Let the process be lawful.

Let the people be enlightened.Let propaganda fail.Let manipulation collapse.Let truth defeat incumbency.

If You stand with him, incumbency cannot prevail.

If You approve the change, no power can stop it.

If You rise for Nigeria, suffering must retreat.

Saint Augustine taught that God permits delay to deepen capacity. Thomas Aquinas insisted that providence governs not only outcomes but the struggles that prepare them. Søren Kierkegaard reminded us that faith is standing with truth even when history seems slow to agree.

These insights converge here. 2027 is not random. It is corrective. It is restorative. It is the season when power must answer for pain.

The End of Silence

Psalm 83 ends with purpose:

“That men may know that Thou, whose name alone is LORD, art the Most High over all the earth.”

This is not about the glorification of any man. It is about the liberation of a people. It is about God asserting sovereignty over leadership that has forgotten its responsibility.

Therefore, this prayer is not timid.It is not cautious.It is not neutral.

O God, arise in 2027.

Remove leadership that has failed the people.Install leadership that will heal the nation.

Let Atiku Abubakar emerge as President of Nigeria.

Let the suffering masses find relief.

Let the hungry eat.

Let the weary breathe again.

And let history record that when Nigeria cried, God answered.

Amen.

Aare Amerijoye DOT.B
Director-General
The Narrative Force