The Fountain of Life Church confirmed on Tuesday the death of its founder and Senior Pastor Taiwo Odukoya.

The church, while announcing Pastor Odukoya’s death in a statement on its official Facebook page, said he died on Monday, August 7, 2023, in the United States of America (USA).

“The Fountain of Life Church Family, in total submission to the will of God Almighty, announces the passing unto greater glory of our Father, Teacher, and a great servant of the Most High God, Pastor Daniel Taiwo Odukoya, Founding Pastor of The Fountain of Life Church, who passed unto glory on the 7th of August 2023 in the USA,” the church wrote.

“We are in total submission to you, LORD!!! We thank the Lord for the gift of a greater leader!!!”

Pastor Odukoya was born on June 15, 1956, in the city of Kaduna, where he was also raised.

He was the senior pastor of The Fountain of Life Church, Ilupeju, Lagos State, with a membership strength of over 8,000 people.

Odukoya had his primary and secondary education at Baptist Primary School, Kigo Road, Kaduna, and St. Paul’s College (now known as Kufena College, Wusasa), Zaria, respectively.

He thereafter proceeded to the University of Ibadan in 1976, where he obtained a degree in petroleum engineering in 1981.

In 1980, Odukoya met Bimbo Williams at the University of Ibadan, and the two struck up a relationship that led to their marriage in 1984, with the union producing three children.

On December 10, 2005, his wife, Bimbo Odukoya, along with 102 other people, died on the crashed Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145.