Nigeria: Sadela - a Life Long Lived

30 September 2014

Nigeria's oldest clergyman, Samuel Sadela, died recently at the age of 113 years, after preaching the gospel for 81 years. Adedayo Adejobi who had encountered him before his death writes about his life and times

According to accounts surrounding his birth as told by his mother and old relatives, he was born the same year a white man assumed duties as a District Officer in his town, Ifon, Ondo State. For that singular honour of being born the year the white man entered the town, his parents and elders of the town fondly called him Aboyinbode (one who arrived the same year the white man arrived).

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