President Tinubu Mourns Evangelist Uma Ukpai, Describes Him As God’s General
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed deep sorrow over the death of renowned international evangelist and founder of the Uma Ukpai Evangelistic Association, Dr. Uma Ukpai, describing him as “one of God’s generals” who dedicated his life to spreading the gospel and promoting peace among Nigerians. In a statement issued from the State House, Abuja, President Tinubu said the late cleric was “an anointed crusader of the faith, filled with fire and ice for the gospel and restoring humanity to discipline, love, and good neighbourliness.” Dr. Ukpai, who passed away at the age of 80, was also one of the founding fathers of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) and a pivotal figure in the Christian revival movement that swept across Nigeria and parts of Africa in the 1980s. The President recalled the evangelist’s historic crusades — the Greater Ibadan for Christ Crusade in 1982 and the Greater Lagos for Christ Crusade in 1985 — describing them as “phenomenal events in proportio...
