RCCG General Overseer, Adeboye loses 42-year old son

Pastor Dare Adeboye, the first son of Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, has died.

He was 42 and would have clocked 43 on 9 June.

According to reports, it was when his wife, Temiloluwa Adeboye, noticed her husband’s unusual sleeping hours and could not reach him on phone that she raised the alarm and he was discovered dead.

The late Dare, who was the third surviving child of the respected cleric, died in his sleep on Wednesday, at his residence in Eket, Akwa Ibom State, where he was based with his family.

According to reliable sources in the church, the deceased, who was the Assistant Pastor in charge of that Region, had ministered in a church service after which he returned home, retired to his bed, and never woke up.

“He was not sick and did not complain of anything before the incident. Pastors in the church were summoned to pray for him, all to no avail,” a source said.

Meanwhile, several leaders of the church, who confirmed the incident declined to comment.

However, the Head of Media and Public Relations, RCCG, Pastor Olaitan Olubiyi, confirmed the incident on Thursday morning.

“It is true. The incident happened in Eket where he was based. I don’t have the details for now. Maybe before the end of today, we will issue a statement,” Olubiyi said.

Dare was married with children and would have turned 43 years in June.