Akpabio, Kukah, Others Arrive In Vatican City Ahead Of Pope’s Funeral
Senate President, Barrister Godswill Akpabio will attend the funeral of Pope Francis in the Vatican City tomorrow, Saturday, April 26, 2025.
Team@orientactualmags.com learned that Akpabio would be leading a delegation of government officials and religious leaders from the country to the event.
Members of the delegation arrived in Vatican City on Friday.
Other members of the delegation are 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.
The Senate President has also talked about the trip in a Facebook post.
‘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’ he submitted on Friday.
The deceased head of the Roman Catholic Church, who began his papacy in 2013, died on April 21, 2025, at the age of 88-Team@orientactualmags.com Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com. Thank you
