http://www.anglican-nig.org/retirement_rumor.htm
[Church of Nigeria News] March 9, 2005--Rumors making the rounds that the Primate of the Church Of Nigeria, Archbishop Peter J. Akinola is retiring at the end of the year 2005 has been dismissed by Him. The 61 year old Metropolitan is required by the constitution of the Church to retire at the age of 70 which will be year 2014. However, the pace-setting Archbishop hopes to set a new trend in the African Church by voluntarily retiring when he turns 65 in 2009. “With God’s protection and enabling power, there are still many more years of active work for this Primate” says Akinola dismissing the rumors as unfounded.
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