Godswill Akpabio has arrived in Vatican City for Pope Francis’ funeral.
Glamtush reports that Senator President, Godswill Akpabio has arrived in Vatican City, Rome, Italy, to pay tribute to the departed Pope Francis on behalf of President Bola Tinubu and the Nigerian people at the lying-in-state inside St Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City, on Friday.
In a statement on Friday, presidential adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, revealed that the five-member delegation was constituted by President Bola Tinubu.
Other members of the delegation are the Minister of State, Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu Ojukwu; Archbishop Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria; Archbishop of Sokoto Diocese, Archbishop Matthew Hassan Kukah; and Archbishop of Abuja Diocese, Archbishop Ignatius Ayua Kaigama.
Pope Francis, the revered head of the Roman Catholic Church, died on Monday, April 21, at 88, just a day after appearing for Easter Sunday celebrations at the Vatican.
