Nigeria, June 27 -- Lawyer and rights activist, Deji Adeyanju, has stirred the hornet's nest on social media after stating that Nigeria's deepening governance crisis is beyond the reach of prayers.

In a Facebook post that has since sparked a storm of responses, Adeyanju wrote: "Nigeria, the world headquarters of religious activities/worship is proof that prayers cannot fix leadership issues/bad governance."

His remark, blunt as a bullet and as controversial as ever, has thrown the digital public square into a heated debate about the place of faith in a nation grappling with bad leadership.

One user, Godbless Uko, minced no words in condemning what he described as the misuse of religion, stating: "In Nigeria, even crooks use the name of...