Rev. Fr. Polycarp Lubo, the chairman of the Plateau State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and a dedicated priest of the Catholic Archdiocese of Jos, has passed away.
He died in the early hours of Sunday at the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH).
Rev. Fr. Lubo reportedly sustained a head injury in an accident two weeks before his passing. His death marks a significant loss to the religious community in Plateau State.
Rev. Fr. Daniel Gyang, the Chancellor of the archdiocese, confirmed the news to journalists on Sunday in Jos. "On a sad note but with total submission to the will of God, we hereby announce the passing unto eternal glory of Very Rev. Fr. Polycarp Lubo," he stated.
“He passed on to eternal glory in the early hours of Sunday, June 15. The Archbishop condoles with his immediate family, CAN in Plateau, the presbyterium of Jos, and the parishioners of St. William’s Parish, Zawan, where he was the Parish Priest."
Rev. Fr. Gyang extended the archbishop's condolences to all religious and lay faithful of the archdiocese, expressing shared grief over this profound loss.
