Daniel Abubakar Yisa, [1] the Diocesan Bishop of Minna, [2] is the Archbishop of the Anglican Province of Lokoja, [3] one of 14 within the Church of Nigeria. [4]
Yisa was elected Bishop of Damaturu in 1996. [5]
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