Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo Bio: Age, Wife, Net Worth, College, Controversy, Birthday, House, Shiloh, Wiki

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Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo (born 1 January 1976) is a Nigerian gospel pastor and a prominent cleric.

He currently serves as senior pastor of Pentecostal Ministries, Commonwealth Of Zion Assembly (COZA).

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The church has five branches (nicknamed Campuses) in major cities in Africa and Asia.

He founded the church in 1999 at the age of 23 and with the help of his wife, Modele, they grew the ministry to thousands of congregations.

Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo is famous for his inspirational sermons and beautiful fashion sense. He is known as Pastor Gucci in some areas.

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Biodun Fatoyinbo
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First and last name:	Abiodun Fatoyinbo
Stage name:	Pastor Gucci
Born:	January 1, 1976 (48 years old)
Place of birth:	Ilorin
State of origin:	Kwara State
Nationality:	Nigerian
Wife • Spouse:	Model Fatoyinbo
Job:	Pastor • Businessman
Net value:	$1,700,000-$5,200,000

Early life

Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo was born into a respectable Fatoyinbo family on January 1, 1976.

Because he was born on New Year’s Day, his parents gave him the name Abiodun, which translates into English as Born On A Festival.

He is a Yoruba man from North Central, Nigeria. He was born and raised in Ilorin by his parents. He is the first child in a family of three siblings.

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Despite being taught good morals by his parents, Biodun joined a secret society while in college. He and his fellow believers terrorized the students and staff of the academy. This caused the university management to withdraw his admission and remove him.

To achieve his dream of graduating, he enrolled at the University of Benin. It was at this university that his life took a new turn when he dedicated his life to Christ. He became fervent in his faith by wholeheartedly serving God. He is a member of his church’s choir, where he plays drums and guitar.

In 1999, he received God’s mandate to start a ministry and the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA) was born. The church was established in Ilorin.

Education

Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo studied in top primary and secondary schools in Ilorin and has the First School Leaving Certificate and West African School Certificate to prove it.

He had a brief stint at the University of Ilorin, Kwara State. However, he obtained his first degree at the University of Benin, Edo State.

Career

Since 1999, Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo has flourished in his pastoral work. His ministry currently has five branches (campuses) in Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates. The church’s headquarters is at Asokoro Extension, Abuja, where he and his wife, Modele, serve as Senior Pastors. With a congregation of over twenty thousand members, COZA is one of the largest Pentecostal ministries in Nigeria.

In addition to Abuja, other facilities are located in Lagos, Port Harcourt, Ilorin and Dubai. The church is considered one of the leading new generation churches in the country. This ministry is quite famous for having many humanitarian programs in line with the biblical faith of showing love to everyone. Under the leadership of Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo, the church runs an NGO called COZA Care Foundation. This foundation is responsible for organizing programs such as Jesus Paid It All: Free Shopping (Yard Sale); and leprosy outreach.

Previously, Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo and members of his church visited a correctional facility for boys in Oregun, Lagos; organized a free medical testing outreach program for residents of Irewole Community, Lagos; visited prisoners at Ikoyi Prison to distribute relief materials; and visited Oke Kura and Mandala prisons in Ilorin.

As a lover of gospel music, he was inspired to form two musical groups which he named – The Avalanche and The Gratitude. The former was formed in 2008 while the latter was formed in 2016. The Gratitude’s mission is to create mainstream music with a spiritual message. It is a combination of gospel and pop music genres. While The Avalanche’s mission is to compose and perform deeply spiritual songs of praise and worship. Avalanche has had the opportunity to perform at several Christian gatherings around the world. They performed gospel songs with artists such as Tasha Cobbs, Tye Tribbett and Don Moen.

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The Gratitude became a household name after they released the single Rabababa-Eh. The single became one of the praise songs of choice in Nigerian churches. To commemorate their good work, the group won the Choir/Group of the Year award at the UK Gospel Touch Music Awards.

Argumentative

In 2019, Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo was the subject of heated controversy when he was accused of sexual assault by Busola Dakolo. Mrs. Busola Dakolo is the wife of singer-songwriter Timi Dakolo.

She made the accusation in June 2019 and it sparked a series of protests and outcry online. These outcries forced Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo to resign as church leader until August 2019. Mrs. Busola brought legal action against him but it was dismissed by an Abuja court in November year 2019.

Social Media

Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo has over 503k followers on Instagram and over 50.9k followers on Twitter.

• Instagram handle – @biodunfatoyinbo
• Twitter handle – @cozaglobal

Personal life

The 45 year old man of God, Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo is happily married to Mrs. Modele Fatoyinbo. He married his wife when he was twenty-four years old. That was in the year 2000.

He loves his wife very much and is grateful that she has stood by his side for so many years. Their union was blessed with four children. Fatoyinbos resides in a luxury estate in Abuja and owns many other properties around the world. Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo is also a businessman as he has investments in several companies in Nigeria.

He is a firm believer in the doctrines of excellence and spirituality and they are the pillars on which he conducts his ministry. He originated the jargon, “I honor you” spoken among his church members. He and his church hosted American pastor, TD Jakes, and Nigerian Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo.

Net value

The pastor lives a very comfortable lifestyle thanks to the income from his business. Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo has amassed an estimated net worth of $1,700,000-$5,200,000.

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