George Bako was the Anglican Bishop of Lokoja in Lokoja Province of the

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. He attended

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. Bako was Director-General of the

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, and Third President of the

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, from June 1982 to November 1984. He was consecrated as the pioneer Bishop of Lokoja in 1994. The second bishop, Emmanuel Egbunu, was enthroned in 2004. He is the subject of the book ''George Bako Bishop of Lokoja: The Controversial Fool for Christ'' by Chukwurah Ezebube.

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