[4] Okafor was born in Zaria on 7 August 1946.
He was educated at the CMS school in Awka-Etiti, Emmanuel College, Owerri and Trinity College, Bristol.
He worked with the Scripture Union in Nigeria, becoming General Secretary in 1980.
He served in the Diocese of Enugu, rising to be a Canon and then an Archdeacon.
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