General Overseer of Redemption Ministries, Rev. Stephen Akinola is dead

Popular cleric and the General overseer of Redemption Ministries Worldwide, Reverend Stephen Akinola is dead.

BBC Pidgin reports that the popular man of God who’s based in Port Harcourt, Rivers State died yesterday, Sunday in an undisclosed hospital in Abuja, Nigeria.

Though the cause of the death hasn’t been confirmed, he was admitted to undergo a kidney transplant surgery.

The former Chairman of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria as well as former Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria in Rivers State, Apostle Eugene Ogu confirmed Akinola’s demise on Sunday.

“Yes, it is a very sad day for the Christian community. While we were still talking of Prophet TB Joshua, Akinola’s death happened. he said

Akinola, 68, is a native of Igboho, Oyo State. He was born in the Northern part of Ghana, in a city called Tamale.

His death comes just as Nigerians are mourning Prophet TB Joshua of the Synagogue Church of All Nations who died on Saturday, June 5.