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Akpabio leads delegation to Vatican for Pope Francis’ funeral
  • April 26, 2025
  • Unity Times

Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Friday led a five-member Nigerian delegation to Vatican City ahead of the funeral of Pope Francis, scheduled for Saturday.

Other members of the delegation include the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu Ojukwu; President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, Archbishop Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji; Archbishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Hassan Kukah; and Archbishop of Abuja Diocese, Ignatius Ayua Kaigama.

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“As the Leader of Nigeria’s delegation to the burial ceremony of Pope Francis, I paid tribute to our departed Pope, on behalf of President Bola Tinubu and the Nigerian People at the Lying-in-State of Pope Francis, inside St Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City,” Akpabio wrote in a post on Facebook on Friday.

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