The church is set as former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel Sunday holds the Annual Thanksgiving and 10th Year Remembrance Service for his late father, His Grace, Most Rev Abraham Adebola Daniel, JP. today, Sunday 9th January, 2022, at the prestigious Abraham’s Tabernacle, Baptist International Worship Centre, Sagamu.
The annual event which holds every second Sunday of the year is usually a gathering of political shot-callers, Business elites, traditional rulers, Governors and captains of industry with hundreds of church ministers from various churches coming from all parts of the country in attendance.
The year 2020 edition of the event could not hold due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, and this year’s event, according to the OGD Media Office, will be in strict compliance with all relevant Covid-19 Protocols as conditioned by the State and Federal Government.
As the Asiwaju Onigbagbo (Christians) of Remoland, Otunba Daniel has been hosting the Christian community in Remoland and from outside Remoland every second Sunday of the year for the past seventeen (17) years.
“Over 300 Pastors and Ministers from various churches are in attendance and this is the 17th edition.”
Stay tuned to all our online platforms as we bring you blow by blow details, Live from the event
Why OGD Does Not Joke With His Christian Faith
Not many people know that the all jovial and friendly OGD is also a deeply religious person. When it comes to God-related matters, Otunba puts every other thing aside to observe the supreme sovereignty of God. He doesn’t mind standing on his feet or going on his knees for as long as it may require to either pray or take the hymn. It took today’s event for many to know this.
Beyond political conversations, he takes his Christian life serious. He is the Asiwaju of Remo Christians. And over the last 2 years, he has done a lot for the Christian community in Ijebu and beyond.
Service Holds In OGD’s Church
As usual, this year’s Thanksgiving & Memorial, Service was held at Abrahams Tabernacle (Baptist International Worship Centre) on Oba Erinwole Awolesi Road, GRA Sagamu, in Ogun State. It is a church OGD built in 2011 in honour of his late dad, Pa Abraham. It is a Baptist Church. His dad was a Baptist Minister.
Abraham’s Tabernacle was built in honour of His Grace, The Most Rev. Abraham Adebola Daniel JP, father of OGD, who was Governor of Ogun State from 2003 till 2011.
OGD’s Father Was Also A Clergyman
Pa. Abraham Daniel had been a clergyman since 1945. Prior to that, he had established one of the most flourishing printing and typewriting companies then known as Irewolede Typing and Printing Institute in Ibadan. He was called into the Ministry; joining The Church of the Lord Aladura at Ogere with the late Dr. J. O. Ositelu. In the process, he pioneered several churches spanning the length and breadth of Nigeria including Benin City, Warri, Sapele, Ibadan, Port Harcourt, Idogo, Ifo, Abeokuta and across the West African sub region in Ghana, Sierra Leone and Liberia, where he became a great Christian brother of the then President Williams Tubman of Liberia.
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