Imo State to unveil Africa's Tallest Statue of Jesus Christ

Africa’s ‘tallest statue of Jesus Christ,’ is set to be unveiled in Abajah local government area of Imo state, on January 1, 2016 at Aloysius Catholic Church. The statue is about 28 feet tall and has been named Jesus de Greatest. According to reports, Onuoha, who is an indigene of Abajah,  and founder of Premier Petroleum Limited, funded and offered the statue to the church. Obinna is said to be a devout catholic, and he is a graduate of York St. Johns University in the United Kingdom and the Harvard Business School. 

Jesus de Greatest is set to be the fifth tallest statue in Africa, and has a total weight of 40 tons and is made of marble.

According to the report on cable, 

At 161 feet, African Renaissance Monument in Dakar, Senegal, is the tallest statue in Africa after Great Sphinx of Giza in Egypt which 66 feet. Ramesses II in Egypt at 30 feet, is the third tallest. Nelson Mandela Union Building in South Africa has a 28 feet statue and is the fourth tallest in the continent. The world’s tallest statue of Jesus is Christ the King in Świebodzin, western Poland, with a height of 172 feet.

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