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Nollywood actor, Jimmy Odukoya steps in as Church General Overseer after father’s death 

Nollywood star,  Jimmy Odukoya, the first son of the late Pastor Taiwo Odukoya, has been announced as the new Senior Cleric of the Fountain of Life Church, Ilupeju, Lagos.

Making the announcement on Sunday during the Church Service, a member of the Church’s Board of Trustee, said the late cleric confirmed the succession plan to three different people on the Board  before his passing.

The senior Odukoya, who was bereaved twice in space of weeks in 2021 from death of his wife from second marriage and twin sister, died on the 7th of August in the United States of America. He was buried on September 9, 2023.

The succession, which has received the blessing of the Church’s BoT and Bishop Mike Okonkwo, who is the spiritual mentor of the late Odukoya, will formally takes place on 30th of September.

Jimmy, who is a Nollywood Actor, got his education at the Oral Roberts University,  United States. His sister, Tolu Tolu Odukoya Ijogun is the new associate Pastor of the Church.