Nigerian cardinal urges crash victims’ families to find strength in God

Cardinal Anthony Okogie of Lagos consoled the families of the victims of the crashed Dana Air plane and urged them to draw strength from God.

“My heart goes out to all those who lost their loved ones, friends and well-wishers. I condole with them and indeed all Nigerians,” the cardinal said in a statement June 4, the day after the crash.

“My prayer is that the good Lord will give the relations and all of us the fortitude to bear this irreplaceable loss,” he said. “It is unfortunate and could have been avoided if those at the helm of affairs do the right thing at the right time.”

The cardinal called for a government overhaul of the nation’s aviation sector. Continue reading

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