Fountain Of Life Church Appoints Jimmy Odukoya General Overseer, Gives Reason

By Babatunde Solanke

The Fountain of Life Church has named Jimmy Odukoya, the son of the late Bimbo and Taiwo Odukoya as the new General Overseer of the church.

The church made the announcement during the church service held on Sunday.

A pastor  in the church, Rotimi Okpaise made the announcement to the congregation during  the service.

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

According to Okpaise, 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.

Recall that August 7, Odukoya, founder of the church, died in the United States of America at the age of  67, just 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.

The new GO of the church Jimmy is a Nollywood actor and musician.

 Jimmy played one of the lead roles — Oba Ade — in Netflix’s ‘Woman King’ movie, just as he also featured in movies like ‘Lifting the Veil’, ‘I am Nazzy’, and ‘Oga Pastor’, among others.

Aside this, he is also a motivational speaker.