Umuahia, the Abia State capital, is agog for a three-day Igbo Unity Summit. The summit is organised and hosted at the International Conference Centre by the Christian Association of Igbo Ministers (CAIM).

This international group has trained over 2,500 Nigerian pastors in the United States of America (USA). International President of CAIM, Apostle Solomon Okorie, during a chat with The Guardian in Umuahia, said the group intends to unite Ndigbo through the gospel and prayer event and intercede for their wellbeing at home and in the diaspora.

He said, “CAIM is a global association of clergymen and women of Igbo extraction with branches in 11 states in Nigeria, three countries in West Africa, 10 states in the USA, and one branch in Hong Kong that oversees the Asian continent.’’

“The three-day residential 6th Non-Denominational World Igbo Prayer Summit (WIPS) will be held between August 13 and 16 at the International Conference Centre, Umuahia, where about 10,000 people from various walks of life are expected to be in attendance, be accommodated and fed.

“God will grant our prayers at this summit as we implore Him to protect the southeast and the country from its state of insecurity, despair, disunity, and prevailing economic hardship.

“This is because killings, robberies, kidnappings, among others, are alien to Igbo who were, rather, known for being a united race and for being their brothers’ keepers and carers.”

Apostle Okorie said that in their bid to uplift the education of Igbo ministers, CAIM, in collaboration with the University of Sound Doctrine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, trained over 500 Igbo pastors in chaplaincy and 2,000 pastors who graduated with first degrees in Christian Leadership at no cost to them, adding that over 800 of the trained 2,000 proceeded to master’s degrees after graduation.