November 17, (THEWILL) – During the week, Ayodele Oritsejafor, the Senior Pastor of Word of Life Bible Church joined the 80’s club.
Although he chose to celebrate with members of his church, some politicians opted to join him. Politicians like former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan; Deputy Governor of Delta State, Monday Onyeme and several others.
The event was also an opportunity to mark Pastor Oritsejafor’s 52 years in the Christian ministry. The clergyman who looks nothing near 80 years had every reason to celebrate, especially as he recently beat cancer through the miraculous power of God.
Unfortunately, his wife, Mama Helen as she is fondly called, was nowhere near her husband to join in the double celebration. Recall that almost two years ago, the union between Oritsejafor who was a former president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and his wife was reported to have collapsed. The former couple were alleged to have been bickering for a while, prompting Mrs Helen to relocate to the United Kingdom.
At that time, she denied that her 25-year-old marriage had broken down and that all was well with her marital status. Oritsejafor who was at some point the national president of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) got married to Mrs Helen in 1997, 13 months after the death of his first wife, Stella, with whom he founded the World of Life Bible Church on November 15, 1987.
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