The Spiritual Father and Chairman of the Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church Worldwide, Prophet Samuel Adefila Abidoye, has died at the age of 103 years.
The Cleric’s death was confirmed by the Secretariat of the church headed by the Secretary-General, Special Apostle Ademola Odetundun.
The Secretariat said that the Spiritual Father died Sunday morning at about 10:00 am at the age of 103 in his Ilorin home, the Kwara State capital.
Speaking on how he died, Apostle Odetundun explained that the late spiritual father had his breakfast, almost dressing up to prepare for service, when he said that he wanted to rest for a while.
“He passed on peacefully, thereafter”, Odetundun said, adding that burial arrangements would be announced later.
Baba Aladura as he is fondly called, was born on June 26 as a Prince at Omu Aran, Irepodun Local Government of Kwara State.
His father was Odetundun Abegunde, who was Oba Olomu of Omu Aran, which was in Ilorin Province at the time. His mother’s name was Tinuade Tinuola, daughter of Niniola, a princess of Oponda in the present Isin Local Government of Kwara State.
He started schooling at N. A. Primary School, Omu Aran in May 1934. He lost his father on the Valentine’s day of 14th February 1938 which made the Lovers’ Day especially memorable to him personally.
Around 1938, a Reverend Man of God, Senior Apostle Prophet Peter Oyinloye from Rore near Omu Aran, introduced Baba Samuel Abidoye to the Cherubim and Seraphim Church. Meanwhile, just as other converts in other folds, this new convert and others were made to memorize the catechism, which they had to recite before baptism.
Thereafter, he was given the grace of seeing our Lord Jesus Christ in his dreams and in a trance in 1958.
