Daddy G O made this assertion on Thursday when he visited Usman Kadafur, deputy governor of the Borno state.

According to Adeboye, spiritual intervention is needed alongside the current anti-terrorism efforts in order to defeat Boko Haram and other extremist groups threatening Nigeria’s peace and security.

He noted that a combination of physical and spiritual battle is needed to end insecurity in Nigeria.

“A combination of physical and spiritual battle had become necessary to end the menace,”

“There are problems that you cannot solve with just human ability. It takes God to get some of these bandits to get to surrender, because even if you offer them everything, some of them may still turn their back and go back to what they were initially doing.

“We have come to pray on the land. My congregation and I have been praying. I believe God wants me to step on the land and cry and pray for the land and we have been praying since Wednesday.”