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Peter Jasper Akinola (born Abeokuta 27 January 1944) is the former Anglican Primate of the Church of Nigeria. He is also the former Bishop of Abuja (Nigeria’s capital) and Archbishop of Province III which covered the northern and central parts of the country. When the division into ecclesiastical provinces was adopted in 2002 he became the first Archbishop of Abuja Province a position he held until 2010.
