Nigeria's Oldest preacher goes home

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.

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.

Dailypost recalls that 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.

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“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.

Nigeria’s oldest preacher, Pastor Samuel Sadela is dead.

The 113-year preacher  died on Sunday  and a condolence register has been opened in the premises of his Gospel Apostolic Church in Lagos on Tuesday evening.

He reportedly died few hours before commencement of a special revival programme that would have culminated in the celebration of his 114th birthday on Sunday, August 31.

When our correspondents visited the international headquarters of the church in Gbagada Lagos on Tuesday  the church officials declined to speak on the death of the found