Speaking at the 35th Anniversary Synod of the Diocese of Kafanchan, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Fani-Kayode said the governor’s emergence was a divine intervention after years of carnage and discrimination against Christians in the state.

He recalled that there was a time when all security chiefs in the country were northern Muslims, and Christians, particularly in Kaduna, suffered marginalisation.

Fani-Kayode said with Sani’s leadership, “The situation has started to change for the better in Kaduna State.”

He added, “What he is doing should serve as an example to the rest of the country.

“The governor that you have today came as a consequence of prayer. I have known him for many years. He is one of my closest friends. He is not an ordinary person.”

Fani-Kayode said, “There was a time in this very ground you had a governor who despised Christians. I use the word ‘despised’ advisedly and with a capital ‘D’. He treated Christians with contempt and disdain.”

He lamented that hospitals were closed and victims abandoned by the government, adding, “Nobody listened to you from Government House so that you will suffer all the more. And that kept on happening, community after community.”

He said the persecution of Christians became a rallying point for believers across the country.