By Lucky Isibor
The death has been announced in Benin City of Archbishop Patrick Ebosele Ekpu, Emeritus Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Benin City.
In a statement signed by Very Rev. Fr. Michael Oyanoafoh, Chancellor of the Catholic Archdiocese of Benin City, on behalf of the Archbishop, Most Rev. Dr. Augustine Obiora Akubeze, said Archbishop Ekpu died at 7.09pm on Tuesday, 6 August in a brief illness.
The statement called on all priests, religious and lay faithful of the Archdiocese to pray for the repose of the soul of the departed Archbishop.
Archbishop Patrick Ebosele Ekpu died last Tuesday, 6 August at the age of 92.