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Wilson Badejo’s Death: Buhari Condoles Family, Foursquare Gospel Church in Nigeria
President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the family of Rev. Dr. Wilson Adebogun Badejo, former General Overseer of the Foursquare Gospel Church in Nigeria, praying God to comfort them over the irreparable loss.
Rev. Badejo, a former Deputy Chairman of the Nigerian Inter-Religious Council, NIREC, died in Lagos, Saturday, August 7, 2021, at the age of 74.
A statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina,said: “President Muhammadu Buhari sends heartfelt condolence to the Foursquare Gospel Church in Nigeria, and Christendom in general, over the passage of the former General Overseer, Rev Dr Wilson Badejo, aged 74.
The President described the departed Former Foursquare General Overseer as “a dedicated servant of God, who led the Foursquare Gospel Church for 10 years, and was committed to standing in the gap for not just his organization, but Nigeria as a whole.”
Buhari prayed that “God will comfort the entire Badejo family, urging them to take solace in the fact that their father, a veterinary doctor, author, cleric, and public speaker, set a standard to be emulated by all and sundry.”