FORMER General Overseer of the Foursquare Gospel Church, Nigeria, Dr Wilson Badejo, has reportedly died at the age of 74. The national secretary of the church, Reverend Yomi Oyinloye, in a statement said Dr Badejo was the general overseer of the church between 1999 and 2009. According to the church, Dr Badejo transited on Saturday during a brief illness.
The statement reads in parts: “He (Dr Badejo) was a great achiever, an accomplished servant of God, a role model, bridge-builder, mentor, teacher par excellence, an apostle and respected family man.
“Dr Badejo served the Foursquare Gospel Church in Nigeria in several ministerial capacities, crowning his stewardship at the apex as the General Overseer of the Church from 1999 to 2009.
“He was a man of many parts who was able to unlock socio-cultural gateways, and in the process successfully endeared several friends and loved ones from all walks of life across the divide.”
The statement noted that though the church was saddened by the demise of the servant of God, members should take solace in the fact that he lived a fulfilling, God-fearing, and impactful life. While calling for prayers for the family of the deceased and the Foursquare Gospel Church, it added that Badejo left behind an indelible mark in the heart of everyone who came his way. Also, President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Bishop Francis Wale Oke, has described Dr Badejo as a forthright individual who served God with all his might.
In a condolence message by his media office, the PFN president described the news of Badejo’s death as shocking to the nation and the world, particularly to the Christian community. According to Bishop Oke, Dr Badejo gave his all to the service of the Lord while alive, a development he added, enhanced the spread of the gospel to nations of the world. In another development, President Muhammadu Buhari has sent condolence to the Foursquare Gospel Church in Nigeria, and christendom in general, over the passage of Dr Badejo.
A statement issued by the special adviser to the president (media and publicity), Femi Adesina, on Sunday, said the president described the departed as “a dedicated servant of God, who led the Foursquare Gospel Church for 10 years, and was committed to standing in the gap for not just his organisation, but Nigeria as a whole.”
President Buhari prayed that God would comfort the entire Badejo family, urging them to take solace in the fact that their father, a veterinary doctor, author, cleric, and public speaker, set a standard to be emulated by all and sundry.
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