Odubayo Odukoya: The Life Story of Awo’s Funeral Baritone Soloist

Title: Odubayo Odukoya: The Life Story of Awo’s Funeral Baritone Soloist 
Author: Udu Yakubu, Ruth Imafidon
Year of Publication: 2025
ISBN: 978-978-765-094-3
Pages:305, xxviii

For Venerable Samuel Odubayo Odukoya, PhD, DD, FNIM, the path from humble beginnings to fulfilled purpose would take nearly five decades to unfold. Through poverty, loss, and countless redirections, Odukoya built a successful life as an accountant and acclaimed singer, performing at national events and building recognition across Nigeria-including his memorable performance as the baritone soloist at the funeral of the legendary Chief Obafemi Awolowo. At forty-six, when most people would have settled into established routines, everything changed for Odukoya. Divine visions and supernatural encounters dismantled the life he had carefully constructed, calling him away from financial security and musical fame into full-time ministry. What followed was a complete transformation-from management roles to pulpits, from secular stages to spiritual platforms.

Odubayo Odukoya: The Life Story of Awo’s Funeral Baritone Soloist reveals how God’s timing rarely matches human expectations, and how the greatest callings often come disguised as interruptions. The Venerable’s story illuminates a truth that many miss: our deepest purpose may have nothing to do with our greatest talents, and it’s never too late to start the life we are actually meant to live.