… Jimmy’s younger sister now Associate Pastor
Jimmy Odukoya, son of the deceased General Overseer of Fountain of Life Church, Taiwo Odukoya has taken over the church as the new general overseer of the church.
His sister, Tolu Odukoya Ijogun is the new associate Pastor.
Their ordination service service will hold on 30th of September.
The announcement was made during the church service on Sunday.
Addressing the congregation, Rotimi Okpaise, a pastor, said the late Taiwo Odukoya confided in the board of trustees (BoT) members about the succession plan before his demise.
Okpaise said the BoT unanimously elected Jimmy as the senior pastor and chairperson of the board.“The board has chosen Saturday, September 30, 2023, as the date of Jimmy’s installation,” he said.On August 7, Odukoya, founder of the church, died in the United States of America aged 67.He died less than two years after losing his wife, Nomthi, a South African, on November 9, 2021, following a two-year battle with cancer.
Odukoya’s marriage to Nomthi lasted 11 years and produced two boys.Before Nomthi, Odukoya was married to Bimbo for 21 years.Bimbo died in the 2005 Sosoliso plane crash in Port Harcourt, the Rivers capital.
