Kumuyi speaks on wife’s death, vows to avenge loss

The General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi, has opened up about the painful loss of his first wife, Abiodun Kumuyi, describing her death as a consequence of his absence at a critical time.

Abiodun passed away on April 11, 2009, at the age of 57, following a brief illness. The couple had been married for nearly three decades, having tied the knot on September 13, 1980. Their union produced two sons, Jeremiah and John.

Speaking during the Global Workers’ Conference at the Deeper Life International Conference Centre, Kumuyi recounted the events of that day, suggesting that his absence while ministering provided an opportunity for the devil to strike.

“I was preaching here on Saturday, 11th April 2009, and the devil worked on my absence. My wife was at home because she had a challenge. I was driving out, the devil came, but I did not remember to close the spiritual door that nobody will sneak into that place (his house) and when I finished the Faith Clinic that morning, I received a message that my beloveth wife was gone,” Kumuyi said.

Upon hearing the news, he said he rushed home but was met with the reality of her passing.
“I ran to IBTC (home); I saw it had happened and I met some people there; they were praying and the Lord assured me that I should let it go, let that go, don’t bother about it,” he added.

Kumuyi explained that rather than remain in grief, he resolved to channel his sorrow into greater missionary efforts, viewing his intensified evangelical work as a form of spiritual retaliation.

“I let it (his wife’s death) go, but from that day, I said ‘that one happened, this other one will no more happen.’“Since that time, for me to revenge on the devil, I have gone to many places since she left, I have covered most of the local governments in Nigeria, I have gone to almost all the nations of Africa, I have gone to all the continents of the world, blind eyes have opened, deaf ears have opened, the lame had risen up and walk and now I am getting to another level, the dead has now been raised and so I have come to tell you, those that have gone have gone, water under the bridge that has gone is gone, all that has gone has gone, now in your family you will be in charge.“Anywhere I go, now I will be in charge. Nothing will be allowed to steal anything away,” he declared.

Kumuyi remarried on October 13, 2010, in London, a year and a half after his first wife’s passing.

(PUNCH)