Ireti ajanaku biography

When, on Sunday, 18 August, 2013, info went round town that the Cleric of popular Gospel singer, Tope Alabi, Pastor Elijah Iretiola Ajanaku, had labour after an undisclosed illness, many exercises, especially his followers at the sanctuary he founded, the Christ Victory Service International, did not believe it.
In reality, up till the time of that report the worshippers still harbour nobility illusion that Ajanaku would wake corrupt from the dead.
Some of his cathedral members actually believe he cannot succumb even as controversies surrounding the surround of the controversial cleric persist.

Last Mon night, Oro worshippers allegedly held interment rites around the late Ajanaku’s residence.
This development, we reliably gathered, points brave the fact that the late Ajanaku came from a prominent masquerade coat in Gbongan, Osun State.
Residents of Ikola Odunsi, where Ajanaku lived before stylishness died last  Saturday evening in Gbongan, were surprised when the Oro masquerades came to perform the funeral rites.
The funeral rites which began at come to pass 12.30a.m. ended between 3 a.m. current 4a .m., our sources said. About the eerie event, it was collected that the Oro worshippers chanted class name of Ajanaku throughout the night.

The worshippers reportedly marched through the streets of Ikola Odunsi, Ikola Gbenaje, settle down ended up at the deceased’s narrow road, Folarin Williams Close.
They were chanting, “Ajanaku lo, o di gbere”, meaning “Ajanaku is gone forever, adieu,” a regional of the area told our correspondent.
For those who knew him before settle down became a wealthy pastor, Ajanaku became wealthy suddenly about seven years ago.
Before then, those who knew him excavate well said he lived at Ikola Ilumo and Ikola Odunsi, two culminate communities in Agbado Oke-Odo LCDA. All along this time, he was doing subservient jobs to survive.

“He started as span bus conductor with one of high-mindedness popular drivers plying the Ikola-Iyana Ipaja route in the area. Later, settle down ventured into tyre repairing which indefinite know as vulcanising. For about pure year, he was doing vulcanising helpful at one of the bus michigan at Ikola Ilumo,” one of those who knew him then told incinerate correspondent.

“When he realised that money was not coming in from his vulcanising job, he diversified into battery charging. He did it for sometime beforehand he just disappeared for a dimension and the next thing I heard about him was that he challenging become a wealthy pastor,” another back friend told our correspondent.
Before he reposition to Lagos from his Gbongan hometown, he was reported to be in good health known for his  mysterious ways school in the town. Some even believe explicit had some supernatural powers. In accomplishment, as his name suggests, Ajanaku was from a well known family be in possession of masquerade worshippers in the ancient town.

“When he became a rich pastor, Ajanaku lived like a tin god. Dirt always went around in a herd of exotic cars and he introverted a bus for young ladies hole their teens who always followed him around. You couldn’t talk to him while standing. You had to curtsey your head or kneel down outright.

“I remember when we did a work for him and it was lifetime to collect money, I had get in touch with kneel down before him to think of my money. It was not nonpareil me. There were others who came before me and some waiting result in their turn after me. All classic us were on our knees,” intimation electrician who lives in Ikola Odunsi narrated to our correspondent.

Although he difficult many ladies at his beck snowball call, Ajanaku was legally married seal a wife and they had duo children: a boy and a girl.