WIRE — The Metropolitan Archbishop of Benin City and former President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, Most Rev. Augustine Obiora Akubeze, is dead. His death was announced in a statement on Thursday by the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria. In a statement shared on its official Facebook page on Thursday, the Secretariat called on Catholic faithful Catholic Archbishop of Benin, Augustine Akubeze is dead

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