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Meet Nigerian pastor who reburied George Floyd in Imo [PHOTOS]

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4 years ago

July 29, 2020

Diadem Akhabue

Meet Nigerian pastor who reburied George Floyd in Imo topnaija.ng

George Floyd’s death sparked widespread Black Live Matter protests across the US and he was subsequently buried in his hometown, Houston. Well, a Nigerian clergyman identified as Pastor Humble Okoro, has carried out a funeral service for the late George Floyd in Mbaise, Imo State.

Leadership reports that Pastor Okoro while carrying out the funeral, said

“I have traced the ancestral root of George Obinna Floyd to Umuoffor kindred in Obokwu obibi Aboh Mbaise Imo State and I feel so happy now that we have reburied him alongside with his ancestors.”

46-year-old Floyd was killed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during an arrest for allegedly using a counterfeit bill in May this year. He was buried in Houston on June 6.

See the Imo funeral below

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