Kazeem Owoseni
The burial arrangement of the late founder and the senior pastor of Fountain of Life Church, Pastor Taiwo Odukoya, has been announced by the church.
Reports revealed that the information about the late cleric, who died in USA, at the age of 67, this week, was disclosed in an e-flier shared on the official Facebook page of the church.
According to reports, Pastor Odukoya’s funeral will hold on September 8 and 9 2023.
The line-up of the programme, revealed that a service of songs in honour of late Pastor Odukoya, will hold on Friday, September 8, while the funeral service will hold on Saturday, September 9, 2023.
Announcing that only one service will be held by 9:00am for its Sunday service, and there will be no onsite or online children’s church, Fountain of Life Church announced that both events of the burial, would take place at the church headquarters located at the Ilupeju area of Lagos State.
Punch Metro reported that Pastor Odukoya died in the United States of America on August 7, 2023.
However, the cause of death of the late founder of Fountain of Life Church was not revealed.
It would be recalled that the respected man of God lost his first wife, late Pastor Bimbo Odukoya to Sosoliso plane crash in the 90s, while he also lost his Second wife, Pastor Nomthi Odukoya, and his twin sister about 2 years ago.
However, a source allegedly close to the family, said: ”He really didn’t get over the losses he suffered. He tried to be strong but there is a limit to what a man can take.
“Pastor was more devastated by what people said after Pastor Bimbo died than what actually happened. Many people said nasty things that saddened his heart. He was touched by the savagery of the comments.
“Well, he had no choice and decided to move on despite the heart break. It took a lot of talking for him to decide to remarry.
“If Pastor Bimbo’s death was shattering, Pastor Nomthi’s demise was a technical knock-out. It knocked Pastor down and out. He was inconsolable. He was very bothered about what people would say.
“It left him totally lifeless. There was nothing we could tell him. It took something deep out of him and some of us became afraid for him.”
The source explained further, that when the clergyman lost his twin few weeks after his wife’s death it was more or less the last straw.
“For someone who has lost two important women in his life, it was tough to take the death of someone with whom he shared his womb and childhood.
“It was a personal, humbling tragedy. He would just gaze and seemed to become completely disinterested in things around him. It was unusual to become totally lost in conversations and issues.
“I believe something died in him at that point. He tried to put up a strong face for the church but he was human. He was died within and it was only a matter of time. That he lived for almost two years after showed the strength of his character,” The family source added.
