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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will depart Abuja for Rome, the capital of Italy, on Saturday at the invitation of Pope Leo XIV for his inauguration, the Presidency has said.

The Conclave of Cardinals elected Pope Leo XIV 27 days after his predecessor, Pope Francis, died on April 21.

Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to President Tinubu on Information and Strategy in a statement on Thursday said the president would be accompanied by top Catholic leaders.

The president will attend a solemn mass marking the beginning of the Pontificate of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV, the 267th Bishop of Rome and the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church.

Onanuga said, “In the Papal invitation sent by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Pope Leo XIV underscored the need for President Tinubu’s physical presence at this moment of particular importance for the Catholic Church and the world afflicted by many tensions and conflicts.

“Your great nation is particularly dear to me as I worked in the Apostolic Nunciature in Lagos during the 1980s.”

President Tinubu’s entourage includes the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, Archbishop of Owerri and President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria, Archbishop Lucius Ugorji, Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of Abuja, and Alfred Martins of Lagos.

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Mathew Hassan Kukah, is also in the president’s entourage

Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, will be formally installed to the exalted office on Sunday, May 18, at St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican.

President Tinubu will return to Abuja on Tuesday, May 20, Onanuga said.



https://dailytrust.com/tinubu-off-to-rome-for-popes-inauguration/

Baba oyoyo

Ajala travels when armed bandits are feeding his citizens to dogs.

Someone from agulu was not invited but, he will rush to go and snap pictures at the gate with security so that he can deceive his ers.

City boys with doings..

Good we concur

To mark attendance. See country scatter and cost of living damn high under him. God save come 2027.

Validated:
Ajala travels when armed bandits are feeding his citizens to dogs.

u can go n take charge there

Na Haram

SporaD8:
Na Haram

yorubas are not extremists

They create a balance between the two religion

Are other president's going is someone just got a perfect opportunity for his numerous runs.
Nigeria is indeed the most interesting country in the world. For a second I failed to even realize this was a Muslim president