IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Pastor Taiwo Odukoya, the founder of the Fountain Of Life Church, has remembered his late wife, Nomthi, who died a year ago.
He shared an image of her on his Instagram page on Wednesday and said: “You were truly a gift, never to be forgotten. I am forever grateful to God for the life we shared. I miss you Nomthi.”
Nomthi died of cancer in London after a protracted battle with the disease.
A statement from the church said Nomthi battled cancer for the better part of two years.
The statement said she stood on the word of God and that she fought.
The statement read: “With Deep Regret and Gratitude to God, we have to announce the passing of our Senior Pastor’s wife, Pastor Nomthi Odukoya.
“She battled cancer for the better part of two years, she stood on the word of God, and she fought.”
Pastor Odukoya’s first wife, Bimbo Odukoya died on 10 December, 2005, in a Sosoliso airline which crashed while landing at Port Harcourt International Airport.
Bimbo survived the initial impact and died from injuries on 11 December 2005.
Her mission church programme continues in the management of her son Othniel Jimmy Odukoya.
However, with the love and support from friends and family, Pastor Taiwo Odukoya remarried a South African, Rosemary Simangele Zulu (Nomthi) on 5 January 2010, five years after the passage of Bimbo Odukoya.
Their marriage produced two sons, Timileyin and Jomiloju with the ministry running perfectly.