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Wednesday 27 August 2014
Nigeria’s oldest preacher dies at 114
Founder of the Gospel Apostolic Church, Pa Samuel Sadela, has passed on.
Pa Sadela, known as the oldest preacher in the country, reportedly died in a Lagos hospital after complications relating to old age. He died at the age of 114.
Report says he died in the premises of the church in Lagos late Tuesday. Continue
Although, an official statement is yet to be issued by the church, a condolence register has however been opened for the man of God who remained sensational even at a very old age.
According to Dailypost the cleric married a 30-year-old woman in 2007.
“The Lord is my strength. I am very strong and energetic,” he was quoted as saying after the wedding in Lagos.
He first got married in 1934, with the marriage lasting for 21 years, but none of the couple’s seven children reportedly lived beyond their infancy.
A second marriage, said to have been consummated in 1965, was blessed with four children, but only two survived. His second wife died in 2001.
Also, when he marked his 113th year in 2013, he had expressed hope to live up to 200 years of age.
“I feel happy to be this old. Actually, I feel like a young man. I still enjoy my meal of Iyan (pounded yam), Eba and bush meat. I sleep whenever I want to and wake up stronger. I want to live longer to prove to all that God remains the same as He was in times past. If Methuselah could live for 969 years, God can make me live well beyond 113. If Noah could be 950, it is not too much for Him to make me live up to 200 years.” He had said.
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