Pastor Taiwo Odukoya laid to rest in Lagos

Pastor Taiwo Odukoya of the Fountain of Life Church has been laid to rest.

The preacher died about a month ago in the United States.

A funeral service was held earlier in the day at the church’s headquarters in Ilupeju, Lagos, on Saturday. He was buried in a private ceremony that was attended by family members and close associates.

In his sermon at the event, Bishop David Abioye of the Winners Chapel, extolled Pastor Taiwo’s legacies, while commiserating with members of the church on the demise of the cleric.

He told the audience that life is about impact, urging them to maximise their time on earth. According to him, every man must taste death, but what matters in the end is the legacies people leave behind.

He said, “We have to be sensitive to how we spend our lives because all men shall die.” “The big question to all of us is, how are you living?” he queried.

Other dignitaries who attended Saturday’s funeral service included Dolapo Osinbajo, the wife of former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM)’s Bishop Mike Okonkwo; the Senior Pastor of Kingsway International Christian Centre (KICC), Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo; House on the Rock’s Pastor Paul Adefarasin, a delegation from the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), among others.

Pastor Taiwo was born in Kaduna, North-West Nigeria, he is survived by five children.