Akpabio Offers Prayers in Italy for End to Banditry, Terrorism in Nigeria<\/p>\n
President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has visited the Prayer Ground of St. Padre Pio at San Giovanni Rotondo in Italy to offer prayers for peaceful 2027 general elections and an end to banditry and terrorism in Nigeria.<\/p>\n
Akpabio, who spoke to St. Padre Pio TV\/Radio in Italy, said he and his entourage came to seek divine intervention for the country.<\/p>\n
“We are all from Nigeria. We came to offer prayers and get blessings from God for ourselves, families and our dear country that is currently being ravaged by banditry and terrorism.<\/p>\n
“We are here on this prayer ground and we are going home fulfilled, that we were able to touch this holy ground and drop our intentions which he will take to God on our behalf,” he said.<\/p>\n
Akpabio described the site as holy, noting that followers of St. Pio believe in his intercession.<\/p>\n
The Senate President recalled how he believes St. Pio interceded for the miraculous healing of his wife, Mrs. Unoma Akpabio.<\/p>\n
According to him, “My wife was in a coma for six months in a hospital in Germany. She was 98 percent dead. I used the picture of Pio to make a sign of the cross on her, instead of putting off the life-support machine she was on. She had an operation that went wrong. I cried to Mother Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ and called on Pio to intercede.<\/p>\n
“Miraculously, she woke up. That hospital, up till today, is yet to understand what happened. As someone who has experienced the powers in where I am standing, I can understand it more than anyone else.”<\/p>\n
He said it was his 10th visit to the site.<\/p>\n
“When my wife was finally discharged from the hospital, she waited for three months before she could remember my name and those of the children. We are here today to give thanks to God and to thank Pio for always interceding for us.<\/p>\n
“We honoured Pio by giving our son the baptismal name, Pio. We equally established a big academy which we called Pio Football Academy, where we train and offer scholarships to children of the poor from 9 years up to university level, all in memory of Pio. May his soul rest in perfect peace,” he said.<\/p>\n
The statement was signed by Jackson Udom, Special Assistant to the President of the Senate on Media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Akpabio Offers Prayers in Italy for End to Banditry, Terrorism in Nigeria President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has visited the Prayer Ground of St. Padre Pio at San Giovanni Rotondo in Italy to offer prayers for peaceful 2027 general elections and an end to banditry and terrorism in Nigeria. Akpabio, who spoke to St. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":152374,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[3490,3491,3489,3488],"class_list":["post-152372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-others","tag-2027-general-elections","tag-italy","tag-prayer-ground-of-st-padre-pio","tag-president-of-the-senate"],"yoast_head":"\n