A source close to the family said, “He really didn’t get over the losses he suffered. He tried to be strong but there is a limit to what a man can take.”
Odukoya, fondly called Pastor Taiwo, lost his wife, Bimbo, in the Sosoliso plane crash in 2005. He remarried and then lost his second wife, Nomthi, to cancer in 2021. In that same year, he lost his twin sister, Kehinde, at the age of 65.
Another source close to the church said, “If Pastor Bimbo’s death was shattering, Pastor Nomthi’s demise was a technical knockout. It knocked Pastor (Odukoya) down and out. He was inconsolable. He was very bothered about what people would say.
“It left him totally lifeless. There was nothing we could tell him. It took something deep out of him and some of us became afraid for him.”
When The Nation visited the church yesterday for the reactions of its members, most of the respondents said the pastor might have died of loneliness.
From The Nation
Honestly speaking, there's a limit to what a man can take. The losses were too much for him to bear. May God rest his soul.
ReplyDeleteGod's General rest in the bosom of the Lord where you will feel pain no more. He died of a broken heart 😢😢
DeleteRight there with you on that! When i heard of his death, the first thing that came to my mind was the loss of his wives and twin sister. What a sad thing
DeleteBut I thought they said cancer? Abi the heartbreak triggered the cancer?
DeleteEyaaaaah. This is very touching to be candid. May God rest his soul.
ReplyDeleteMay his soul find rest in the Lord 💔
ReplyDeleteChai.. this was too much for him... Rip and condolences to the family
ReplyDeleteWell he is free from all that now
ReplyDeleteIt is sad. May his soul rest in peace. Death does not respect anyone.
ReplyDeleteOh dear Lord 💔💔💔 accept the soul of your general in your bosom🙌 I pray God comforts his family
ReplyDeleteHmmm...... such a sad end. May his soul continue to rest in peace.
ReplyDeleteWhat a life.
ReplyDeleteRIP Pastor Taiwo
Chai, the losses were too much. Rest in Peace.
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness!
ReplyDeleteDepression and loneliness is real. May his soul keep resting with the lord 🙏😢
Loneliness?so he should av remarried or what?he died of thinking abeg. Its sad but hopefully he is resting in God's bosom.
ReplyDeleteSo sad,may his soul rest in peace.
ReplyDeleteMay his gentle soul rest in perfect peace. Amen.
ReplyDeleteSo sad! Grief is bigger than all of us, only God can heal a broken heart.
ReplyDeletePretty sad
ReplyDeleteSo sad.
ReplyDeleteHis death has been making me do a watch on my life, Nothing lasts for forever.Its so scary.Our years pass away like a sigh.
May he rest in peace at the bosom of our lord Jesus Christ.
There's a limit to what everyone can take, tragedies kept reoccurring around him. God bikonu, consider your creations sometimes and save them from too much tragedy that sweeps them into deep perpetual agony. Ahh, we're humans and not some pillers or concretes after all. Find peace and rest in God's bossom sir. Rest easy.💔
ReplyDeleteThe losses were damn too much...just one person going through all that.
ReplyDeleteOne would think as a man of God, he would find it easier.
May God rest his soul.
Sluttychic.
Depression is real. Kindly put a call across once in a while to people you have not heard for a while. Don't just assumed all is well. That call or visit might be a life saver.
ReplyDeleteTrue talk Zaram!!
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He did not deal with his foundation! May his Soul rest in power! He shouldn't have remarried! Sometimes God want to carry His work! See Paul never married! How can a man of God be lonely, when he has the Holy Ghost.
Delete"How can a man of God be lonely"? Really? He's first a man, before "of God". Most servants of God are actually lonely, and depressed. Elijah was depressed, that's why God instructed him to anoint Elisha in his place. Also, I'm a servant of God , and I have been in and out of depression for many years! Please don't comment on what you don't understand. Rest in the bosom of our God, pastor!
Delete@ 17:31 Elijah did not have the comforter like us! We now have the Holy Spirit, God himself living in us. In Elijah's time the comforter had not come to dwell in Men, it was only through worship and sacrifice.
DeleteIf you are depressed, in this new testament age, you need the in dwelling of the Holy Ghost! Did you see depression in the new testament? Please go and study your word!
There's a limit to everyone threshold.....God rest his soul
ReplyDeleteThe losses was too much for one person.may he find rest with the lord.
ReplyDeleteThe losses were much. He is human. He would have persevere small because of the little children left behind. Heavenly comfort to all. His death is painful. May his family never lose faith in God. They should see it as the battle of faith
ReplyDeleteMay he be at peace now and may his children find comfort and strength,this will be a huge blow to them as well.
ReplyDeleteHe was a human after all, who wouldn't think, feel lonely and probably enter into depression with all he passed through? His story reminded me of Ada Ameh of blessed memory. May God rest Pastor Taiwo soul and comfort the families he left behind.
ReplyDeletePls let try to show more love to people, you never might tell what they are going through.your smile and kind words can do alot. Rip sir.
ReplyDeleteLosing those close to your heart is enough torture to the heart to bear, then coupled with loneliness, these break the heart more than one can imagine. His death is painful sincerely. May God rest his soul.
ReplyDeleteRest in peace sir!
ReplyDeleteEyah! I never knew that his 2nd wife died too. Rip sir.
ReplyDeleteAlways be nice.. Some pains can't be seen, some struggles are within. Don't add to people's pain with your words.
ReplyDeleteRIP.
Well said 👍
DeleteThe tragedies were too much for one person 😭 may his soul find rest with the Lord.
ReplyDeleteThere comes some Pains, struggles that may push us to ask "God why?"
ReplyDeleteIt is well !
May God console the Family.
Truly pastor Taiwo suffered losses!!
ReplyDeleteEven the strongest amongst us sometimes can't sometimes understand the workings of GOD and ask GOD why😭😭
I think he died of sickness
ReplyDelete😭😭😭
ReplyDeleteOh my! the pain was damn much.
ReplyDeleteRest in peace.
Oh my! the pain was damn much.
ReplyDeleteRest in peace.
rest on sir
ReplyDeleteHmmmm,so sad.
ReplyDeleteI never knew his twin died the same year the wife died,that was too much for one man.
May his soul find eternal rest
So sad,may his soul rest in peace
ReplyDeleteRest in peace sir.
ReplyDeleteRest in peace my in-law 💔
Oh God 😭, rest in peace sir.
ReplyDelete@ Rhapsody very true
ReplyDeleteNa who tell you people. As if they are living in his house
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