Akpabio leads the high -level Nigerian delegation to the funeral of Pope Francis – Thage

The president of the Senate Godswill Akpabio would have guided a high -level Nigerian delegation to participate in the funeral ceremony of the late Pope Francis, special councilor of the president for information and strategy, Bayo Onanuga, revealed in a statement on Friday.

THE Funeral mass of Pope Francis It will be held on Saturday 26 April 2025, at 10:00 in Piazza di San Pietro, Vatican. “He died on Easter Monday in his residence in the Santa Marta del Vaticano house” at the age of 88.

Onanoga said that the delegation of five members includes the president of the Senate Akpabio; the Minister of State, Foreign Affairs, White Ambassador Odumegwu Ojukwu; President of the Catholic Conference of the Bishops of Nigeria, Archbishop Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji; Archbishop of the diocese of Sokoto, Archbishop Matthew Hassan Kukah; and archbishop of the diocese of Abuja, Archbishop Ignazio Ayua Kaigama.

President Bola Tinubu, on On Monday he joined the Catholic faithful and Christians all over the world to cry the death of Pope Francis, who described as “a humble servant of God, an tireless champion of the poor and a guidance light for millions”.

“The delegation will formally deliver a letter that transmits the sympathy and condolences of President Tinubu on the passage of Pope Francis to the head of the Vatican,” added the declaration.

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