Nomthi Odukoya, wife of wife of Pastor Taiwo Odukoya of The Fountain of Life Church, is dead.
She passed away at the age of 47, after a tw0year battle with cancer.
Nomthi, who is survived by children, married Odukoya 11 years ago after his first wife, Bimbo Odukoya, died in a plane crash.
The Lagos-based church announced Nomthi’s death on Tuesday, via a statement posted on the church’s Facebook page:
“With deep regret and gratitude to God, we have to announce the passing of our Senior Pastor’s wife, Pastor Nomthi Odukoya.
“She battled cancer for the better part of 2 years, she stood on the Word of God, and she fought.
“We loved her with all our heart, but who are we to fight with the will of God.
“The truth is, at one point in our lives, we all will have to say goodbye. So for now, till we meet again in glory, Goodbye Pastor Nomthi.”