How Pastor Taiwo Odukoya Died
Pastor Taiwo Odukoya
The circumstances surrounding the death of the founder of Fountain of Life Church, Ilupeju Lagos Pastor Taiwo Odukoya have emerged.
Though the church didn’t disclose how he died, The Nation gathered the respected preacher had health issues mainly triggered by personal tragedies.
The death left the Pastor who shared a well-known synergy with the wife, who he met at the University of Ibadan as an undergraduate shattered.
“Pastor was more devastated by what people said after Pastor Bimbo died than what 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 heartbreak. It took a lot of talking for him to decide to remarry,” the source shared.
On November 9, 2021, death came knocking on his door again. This time, it took his second wife, Pastor Nomthi, a South African, away. Nomthi, who died of cancer, was 47 and had two children for the preacher.
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 lifeless. There was nothing we could tell him. It took something deep out of him and some of us became afraid for him.”
“When he lost his twin sister a few weeks after his wife’s death, sources said 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 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 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 explained.
The health challenges, it was learnt, started showing up, knocking him off and necessitating overseas medical trips from which he never recovered.
(The Nation)
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