Adeboye at 78: “Day my old girlfriend came to me for prayers, shocked!”

Pastor E. A Adeboye: marks his 78th birthday

Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye is marking his 78th birthday today. His church members who call him Daddy G.O, that is General Overseer (of the Redeemed Christian Church of God) are paying tributes to him. Politicians, captains of industry and many others who admire him will shower praises on him like confetti.

In other words, it goes without saying that Adeboye is admired all over because of his pious disposition. He preaches against sin. However, the Pastor is humble and blunt enough to reveal that he was as lustful as every raw young man. He had girlfriends too.

This was revealed by Bisi Daniel, journalist, writer, public relations consultant and author of “Stories of Pastor E.A. Adeboye, in a tribute

(Pastor Adeboye at 78: A journalist’s experience with him) he wrote for TheNEWS today.

In Adeboye’s own words:

“Before I was born again, I was a very rotten boy. I had two things going for me that made it extremely easy to have girlfriends. I was a sportsman and I was also a photographer. I’m yet to meet a lady who can say no when you say you want to snap her; I haven’t met one, particularly if you have the right kind of language.

Things like “Ahh, whoa! What am I looking at? Where has this sun been hidden? I have never seen this sunshine before. Do you mind if I record you?

You know the elders have a saying; they say the mouth of the old woman looks like she never sucked breast. Hmm, when you see Pastor Adeboye you think he was born a saint. No, no, no, Thank God for His power to change. I had so many girl friends that at a stage I didn’t even know the number. And for each girlfriend there was a birthday. I had so many birthdays, one birthday for each girlfriend. I am just telling you this to let you know that God can pick one up from the pit of hell and make him or her His servant. Among all these girlfriends, there was one that was closest to me.

But after some time we separated: she went her way, I went my way. She got married, I got married. But in the meantime, I had become born again.

The lady had a child that was born lame, so somebody told her if she took the child to a certain pastor he would pray for the child to walk. So she came to the mission house.

I was in the living room but she saw some people on the veranda who asked for the pastor and was told I was inside. So she opened the door and saw me. Laughter, laughter, laughter.

And you know what old flames do, ‘Aaaah long time no see? Where have you been, how has life been treating you, excetra, excetra?

When we finished, she said, ‘I want to see the pastor.’

I said, ‘Yes, I am the pastor.’

‘You?’ She asked, surprised

‘Yes,’ I said

She shouted, ‘You will pray and God will answer?’

Let somebody shout Hallelujah! I prayed and she got her miracle.”

The Man, Adeboye

Adeboye was born on 2 March, 1942 in Ifewara, near Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. He went to the University of Nigeria, (UNN) in Nsukka but because of the Nigeria Civil War, he completed his first degree in the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) graduating with a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics in 1967. That same year, according to writings by his admirers on him, he married Foluke Adenike. They have four children namely: Adeolu Adeboye, Bolu Adubi (nee Adeboye), Leke Adeboye and Dare Adeboye.

“In 1969, he obtained a master’s degree in hydrodynamics drom the University of Lagos . He joined the Redeemed Christian Church of God in 1973 and began interpreting Yoruns to English by Pastor Josiah Olufemi Akindayomi. In 1975, he obtained a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from the University of Lagos. He holds a position as Professor of Mathematics at University of Lagos.

He was ordained a pastor of Redeemed Church in 1977. He became General Overseer of the church in 1981. For three years, he filled the role part-time at University of Ilorin before giving up his university position to preach full-time.”

The ‘endowed’ film star revealed that when she was in secondary school, she used to wear three brassieres to keep things in place

- Ronke also spoke on her feelings about cosmetic surgery and if she would consider going under the knife to change her body

Many women in the world are born with different physical features. While some are flat-chested, others are heavily endowed. Just like some possess a figure eight while others maintain an elegant and straight stature.

Despite that, these different body sizes do not take away from their beauty. As young ladies, many times we are conscious about the change in our physical features and look for ways to be less noticed and feel comfortable.

In an exclusive interview with Legit.ng on February 27, 2020, Nollywood actress, Ronke Odusanya, spoke a bit on her upbringing, her career as an actress and many other things.

While speaking on her physical features, the actress recounted an experience she had while in secondary school. The film star said that when she was still a teenager in school, she used to wear three brassieres because of her bust.

She said: “When I was in secondary school, the only sports I could do then was hurdles and then I was slimmer but I was a bit busty. Because it was a girls only school, we were always very shy when boys came. So on inter-house sports day, I will have to wear like three bras.”

Speaking further in the interview, Ronke Odusanya shared her opinion on cosmetic surgery and whether she would be open to going under the knife to alter her physical features.

The new mother said that she is a realist and would not like to lie. She said that even though God has made everyone beautiful, we begin to change physically as a result of our lifestyle.

The film star also said that she sees nothing wrong with undergoing cosmetic surgery if one can afford it. She also said people do it and she cannot say it is a bad thing.

In her words: “I cannot say it is a bad thing. If I feel like, why can’t I? People do it, so why can’t I do it if I can afford it?”

Ronke also said that people should however be careful not to undergo the surgery with quack doctors.

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