Nomthi Odukoya, wife of the senior pastor of the Fountain of Life Church, Lagos Taiwo Odukoya, has been laid to rest in Lagos.
Nomthi had battled cancer for two years before giving up the ghost early November.
She was laid to rest in a private cemetery on Tuesday in the presence of members of the family, clerics and friends.
The church service which was held at Fountain of Life Church in the Ilupeju area of Lagos kicked off around 11:30am and ended by 1:00pm.
Pastor Mathew Ashimolowo of Kingsway International Christian Centre (KICC), who officiated the funeral service described Nomthi as an outstanding woman, prayerful wife, and one who smiled all the time.
Ashimolowo said she was a woman who carried her family wherever she went. “In fact, she was like the Odukoya’s first wife,” he said.
Nomthi, a South African, married Odukoya in 2010, five years after his first wife Pastor Bimbo Odukoya died in a plane crash.
Ashimolowo urged Odukoya to console himself with the knowledge that she is in a better place.
He also counselled him not to allow what happened to make him deviate from God’s way.
“God has called him to comfort the world, so how long will he continue to mourn, see your challenges as a master plan for your life. Because we see death as an entrance for the believers, just as the wife has entered another life and is happy where she is now,” Ashimolowo said.
