{
  "id": 8707477,
  "title": "Akpabio: How my wife regained consciousness after 6-month coma in German hospital",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/akpabio-how-my-wife-regained-consciousness-after-6-month-coma-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-20T12:48:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Trust",
    "slug": "daily-trust",
    "url": "https://dailytrust.com/akpabio-how-my-wife-regained-consciousness-after-6-month-coma-in-german-hospital/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Senate President Akpabio shared the harrowing experience of his wife's prolonged coma in a German hospital. He attributed his faith and a visit to St. Padre PIO's Prayer Ground in Italy as the turning point in their ordeal. The Prayer Ground, a holy site for adherents of PIO, played a significant role in his wife's miraculous recovery. Despite being in a coma for six months and being 98 percent dead, Akpabio invoked the intercession of Mother Mary and PIO to bring his wife back. His wife, Mrs Unoma Akpabio, was left in a critical condition after an operation went wrong. Akpabio's faith and devotion were evident as he dedicated his son's baptismal name to PIO and established a football academy in his honor. He also expressed his intention to use the Prayer Ground in his prayers for a peaceful 2027 election and an end to banditry and terrorism in Nigeria.",
  "summary": "Senate President Akpabio has opened up on a very disturbing period of his life, narrating how his faith helped overcome that trying moment. Answering questions from St Padre PIO TV/ Radio in Italy, Nigeria’s number three citizen said his visit to the Prayer Ground of St. Padre PIO, at St Giovanni Rotondo in Italy became […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}