By Saidu Idris
365daily – The bereaved Senior Pastor of the Fountain of Life Church, Pastor Taiwo Odukoya, has said that though he is very upset about the death of his wife, Nomthi, he is nonetheless at peace with God over the situation, as God remains unquestionable.
He seemingly attributed his late wife’s ailment and subsequent death to an “attack” that defied the best medical interventions in the United Kingdom, America and Nigeria.
Speaking at a church service he presided over on Sunday, November 14, 2021 in Lagos, five days after the death of his South African wife, he asked rhetorically, “Was it an attack? Everything that the Lord didn’t put on you is an attack of the devil. Yes, it was an attack. But did the devil win? No, he didn’t. I don’t understand the mystery myself. Did the devil win when Judas betrayed and sold Jesus? So, the devil cannot win over us, it is the counsel of God that will come to pass. Why do bad things happen to good people? It is because God is God. So, we really cannot question God over all those things.”
Pastor Odukoya also disclosed that apart from the quality medical attention his late wife received, she also got spiritual assistance through prayers by different prominent Pastors, including the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor E. Adeboye.
Odukoya: “Did we pray? Some people even asked why we didn’t tell them. But you will rather hear of testimonies, that is the way it is structured so that your faith can be deepened. But there were people who were praying every night and day for the past two years. I am not talking of two or three people, but groups of people.”
“Some might say Pastor Taiwo, you didn’t see it coming and you didn’t fight it – who told you? We did the best we could do; it wasn’t the want of prayers. When it got to a stage, I involved the Apostolic fathers. Honestly, the ones I could reach, they went beyond the call of duty.
“They gave us their time, they call us almost twice a week. The Bishop Mike and Rev Peace, the Baba and Mama Adeboye; you will think they gave birth to us. They prayed and they gave. I couldn’t reach Bishop Oyedepo and he told me when he came that ‘O so fun mi’ (You didn’t tell me). But I told him that ‘Ko kin se testimony sir, mo try lati reach yin (It’s not a testimony sir and I tried reaching you as well). So, they did their best. At night, you see Bishop Mike at our gate. Six in the morning, you will see Baba Adeboye at our gate. So, it wasn’t want of prayers.”
He disclosed that the sickness which was later diagnosed as cancer, started as a flu.