Idowu Iluyomade, the senior pastor of the City of David Parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), who was suspended last year after his wife hosted a lavish 60th birthday party just days after the passing of Herbert Wigwe, a prominent church member and former CEO of Access Bank, has launched his own church in Lagos called The Family Fellowship.
In a viral video, Pastor Idowu was seen celebrating with church members at their new location inside the Civic Center in Victoria Island, Lagos.
The Iluyomades were bashed online for several months after his wife, Pastor Siju, threw an elaborate 60th birthday party weeks in which singer Flavour and other entertainers performed, a few days after Herbert, his wife and son, died in a helicopter crash in the U.S. They were disinvited from the Wigwes funeral and thereafter suspended by the governing council of RCCG in June 2024.
They were transferred to the Headquarters of the church in Ebutte Metta to worship but have now opened their own church.
