Details surrounding the death of founder of Fountain of Life
Church, Ilupeju Lagos Pastor Taiwo Odukoya have emerged from family
sources.
Recall that the popular pastor died in the United States of America (USA) on Monday at 67.
According to TheNation, the respected preacher had health issues mainly triggered by personal tragedies.
A source 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 Taiwo, as he is fondly called, lost his charismatic first wife, Bimbo, in a Sosoliso plane crash in 2005. She was 45.
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 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,” 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 totally 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 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 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 explained.
The health challenges, it was learnt, started showing up, knocking
him off and necessitating overseas medical trips from which he never
recovered.
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