Solomon Olusola Akanbi is an

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in Nigeria. He has been Bishop of the Offa diocese since 2018. The

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is one of the eight within the Anglican province of

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, itself is one of the fourteenth

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within the

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. The last

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was Akintunde popoola and the present is Solomon Olusola Akanbi.

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