Pastor Taiwo Odukoya, the Senior Pastor of The Fountain of Life Church is reported to have died on the 7th of August, 2023 at age 67 in the United States of America.
Brief Biography of Pastor Taiwo Odukoya
He was born on the 15th of June 1956 in the city of Kaduna, Nigeria, where he was also raised. He had his primary and secondary education at Baptist Primary School, Kigo Road, Kaduna and St. Paul’s College (now known as Kufena College, Wusasa) Zaria respectively, before proceeding to the University of Ibadan in 1976 where he obtained a degree in petroleum engineering in 1981. As a petroleum engineer, he started work at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in April 1982 after the compulsory one-year National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) scheme, and served there until his voluntary retirement in January 1994 after his call to the ministry.
In 1980, he met Bimbo Williams at the University of Ibadan and the two struck a relationship that led to their marriage in 1984. The marriage produced three children.
On 10th December 2005, Pastor Bimbo Odukoya, along with 102 other people, died on the crashed Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145.
On 5th January 2010, five years later, Taiwo Odukoya got married again to Rosemary Simangele Zulu from South Africa.The marriage produced two boys.
In November 2021, Odukoya lost his second wife to cancer.
Pastor Taiwo and Bimbo Odukoya co-founded The Fountain of Life Church in 1992 with a stated vision “to teach men and women the art of building successful relationships and the principles of leadership so they can be they are created to be.” The Church has several missions in South Africa, the United Kingdom, United States of America, Switzerland, Kenya, Equatorial Guinea, Republic of Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Republic of Benin and Togo.
May his soul rest in peace.
Source: Wikipedia
