It was a very painful and teary event at the Saints Simon and Jude Seminary Kuje, when late Rev. Fr. Michael Akawu, shot dead by armed robbers in Gwagwalada, was laid to rest.
The Catholic Bishop of Abuja, Most Revd. John Cardinal Onayeikan, many catholic priests, family members, relatives and other faithful, could not hold back their tears as Rev. Akawu, the first indigenous priest was buried.
The priest who was just 18 months in priesthood, was until his death the Assistant Parish Priest at Our Lady of Immaculate Conception Parish Dobi.
On Thursday, Late Rev. Akawu’s body left University Teaching Hospital Gwagwalada for Immaculate Conception Parish Dobi for a Mass, from where it departed to Our Lady Queen of Nigeria Pro-Cathedral Garki for three different masses of the Wake.
On Friday August 24, the Funeral Mass was also held at…
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