- Pastor Odukoya’s wife, Nomthi, dies of cancer in London
By Emma Ogbuehi
Pastor Nomthi Rosemary Odukoya, the wife of Senior Pastor of Fountain of Life Church Lagos, Pastor Taiwo Odukoya, is dead.
She died in the early hours of Tuesday in London after battling cancer for over two years.
A statement by the church on Tuesday evening confirmed the sad incident.
It reads: “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 2 years, she stood on the Word of God, and she fought.
“We loved her with all our heart, but who are we to fight with the will of God.
“The truth is, at one point in our lives, we all will have to say goodbye. So for now, till we meet again in glory, Goodbye Pastor Nomthi”.
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Pastor Taiwo Odukoya married her in January 2010, five years after the death of his first wife Pastor Bimbo Odukoya on December 10, 2005 in a plane crash.
Pastor Taiwo Odukoya married the South African, Miss Rosemary Simangele Zulu, at the Civic Centre in Lagos.
In a chat with the Punch Newspapers in 2014, the pretty lady narrated how she met her husband.
“I did not know I was going to serve God in this capacity. I was against it because I thought pastors were responsible for peoples’ lives. I believed it was a burden too much to bear and I did not want to be held accountable if people did not live according to the gospel of Christ. I felt serving God and supporting the gospel in whatever way I could, was enough. I did not see myself in a leadership position in a country other than South Africa for that matter.
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“Pastor Odukoya came to minister at Triumphant Church International, London where I worshiped. I did not have my eyes on him, because like every other minister that had come before him, I saw him as a man of God. I found his message amazing and absorbing. I even bought one of his books – Home Affairs. After the conference, my pastor told me someone was interested in me. I declined because I was seeing someone then. The relationship eventually did not work out and I informed my pastor but not immediately.
“To cut the long story short, Pastor Taiwo had a stopover in London and that was the first time we met. Before then, my pastor had given him my telephone number and he had called me. When he proposed to me, I did not like the idea of getting married to a widower. I took my time, prayed about it and I became convinced it was what God wanted for me. Being married to him is amazing and it has brought out potentials I never knew I had. I don’t have to pray and say Lord help my husband go to church today. There is no struggle.”