The Muslim Media Watch Group has called on clerics in the country to commence special prayers for the release of some school girls abducted on April 15 in Chibok, Borno, by insurgents.

It made the call in a statement issued in Ilorin on Tuesday by its National Coordinator, Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi.

The group, which said that the development had become more worrisome given the number of the girls still being held by their abductors , added that divine intervention had become quite imperative.

"This situation has put the whole nation in serious agony, fear and sorrow as nobody knows what has happened to the innocent girls.

"Apart from the missing Malaysian plane over a month ago, the abduction of the girls appears to be the worst crime perpetrated in Nigeria in particular and the world at large," the statement said.

It restated its call on the dominant political parties in the country to suspend all political activities "so that we can all dedicate ourselves to spiritual devotion for the innocent children to be freed unharmed."

"Security agents should redouble their efforts to locate the whereabouts of the helpless and innocent children without further delay," it added.

The group appealed to those responsible for the abduction of the girls to free them and come to the negotiating table with the Federal Government.

"God that created us does not support evil deeds, even if it is done to avenge any perceived wrong doings earlier done to them.

"He is capable of avenging correctly any wrongdoing if those affected truly believes in Him," it said.