Florence Uwaeme
The General Superintendent of the Port Harcourt-based Redemption Ministries Worldwide, Rev. Stephen Akinola, is dead.
Akinola died just hours after Prophet TB Joshua of the Lagos-based Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), who passed away on Saturday, June 5, 2021.
Akinola died in the early hours of Sunday, June 6, 2021.
He reportedly underwent a kidney transplant a couple of months ago, although the cause of his death could not be ascertained at the time of filing this report.
Hundreds of worshipers besieged the church headquarters in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, to mourn him after news of his death broke.
Responding to the bad news, the chairman of the Rivers state Pentecostal fellowship of Nigeria and ex-chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Rivers State, Apostle Eugene Ogu told Punch how sad a day it has been for the Christian community to lose two Generals at the same time.
He said “Yes, it is a very sad day for the Christian community. While we were still talking of Prophet TB Joshua, Akinola’s death happened.”
