Jimmy Odukoya, the son of Bimbo and Taiwo Odukoya, has been named the senior pastor of the Fountain of Life Church.

The announcement was made during the church service on Sunday.

Addressing the congregation, Rotimi Okpaise, a pastor, said the late Taiwo Odukoya confided in the board of trustees (BoT) members about the succession plan before his demise.

Okpaise said the BoT unanimously elected Jimmy as the senior pastor and chairperson of the board.

“The board has chosen Saturday, September 30, 2023, as the date of Jimmy’s installation,” he said.

On August 7, Odukoya, founder of the church, died in the United States of America aged 67.

He died less than two years after losing his wife, Nomthi, a South African, on November 9, 2021, following a two-year battle with cancer.

Odukoya’s marriage to Nomthi lasted 11 years and produced two boys.

Before Nomthi, Odukoya was married to Bimbo for 21 years.

Bimbo died in the 2005 Sosoliso plane crash in Port Harcourt, the Rivers capital.

WHO IS JIMMY?

Jimmy is a Nollywood actor and musician. He played one of the lead roles — Oba Ade — in Netflix’s ‘Woman King’ movie.

He has also been featured in movies like ‘Lifting the Veil’, ‘I am Nazzy’, and ‘Oga Pastor’, among others.

Aside from acting, he is also a motivational speaker.

Racoon:
Humn! Though the trauma is too heavy given the situations thought with the painful death of his parents, I think the board of trustees of the church ought to have nominated someone different aways from the Odukoyas. Church leadership should not be as a result of monarchial inheritance.

salesbloo:
BREAKING: Jimmy Odukoya succeeds father as senior pastor of Fountain of Life Church


https://twitter.com/kc_journalist/status/1703369116621427050

Donaldoni:
Great!

Congratulations to him.

Let him barb his hair/locks and look responsible.

Righthussle:


Leave all that plenty grammar. Church na business. The boy must inherit his father's business.

Righthussle:


Leave all that plenty grammar. Church na business. The boy must inherit his father's business.

Righthussle:


Leave all that plenty grammar. Church na business. The boy must inherit his father's business.

sreamsense:

You need to understand that children they raised are not wayward like you. Many of them are well brought up and always align with visions of their fathers. You can't compare yourself in this scenerio because we don't even know if DNA will confirm you are born for another father. Whoever the elders agreed upon to follow suit shouldn't be the problem since the children are not the ones fighting for the positions

salesbloo:


https://www.thecable.ng/jimmy-odukoya-succeeds-father-as-senior-pastor-of-fountain-of-life-church/amp

Righthussle:


Leave all that plenty grammar. Church na business. The boy must inherit his father's business.

Racoon:
Humn! Though the trauma is too heavy given the situations thought with the painful death of his parents, I think the board of trustees of the church ought to have nominated someone different aways from the Odukoyas. Church leadership should not be as a result of monarchial inheritance.