Full Name: Gabriel Olubu "The Psalmist" Fakeye Date of Birth: March 11, 1936 Date of Death: January 11, 2015 Country of Birth: Nigeria Place of Birth: Imesi Ile, Osun State Place of Death: Lagos, Nigeria Memberships: Member, COREN
Council Member, Christian Association of Nigeria
President, Organization of African Instituted Churches Biography: His Lordship, Prophet Gabriel Olubu Fakeye.
General Leader, Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church (Surulere) District Sub-Headquarters was a professional Engineer, courageous and devoted Prophet of God, a person of manifest devotion to family and friends, a leader with profound knowledge, grasp and appreciation of abidingly immense convictions and faith in the unity and greatness of Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Organization in Nigeria and the entire world.
These Epistles, among many others provides some insightful outline of Prophet Gabriel Olubu Fakeye, born on 11th March 1936 at Imesi-Ile, in the Obokun North Local Government Area of Osun State. He received his Primary education at the Methodist School Imesi-Ile and in 1957, Prophet Fakeye left for Lagos State where he attended the Nigeria Railway School. He left Lagos in 1964 to England where he attended such technical institutions as Hackney Technical School of East London, South East Technical School Bourough Polytechnic, Northern Polytechnic and theExecutive Telecommunication Training College, Oxford, England.
He holds the Full Technological Certificate in Telecommunication and Electronics as well as a Higher Honor’s Diploma in Satellite Communications. He has held various offices including Higher Technical Officer, London Telecommunications. On his return, Prophet Fakeye was appointed to serve as one of those engaged in the building of the first satellite Earth Station at Lanlate and was also made the General Leader of Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church (Ayo Ni O) Surulere. Later in January 1973 Prophet Fakeye joined the Henry Stephen Group and was made the Telecommunications Engineer where he to rose to become the Group General Manager Electronics and Electrical.
He combined both appointments until May, 1989, when he resigned to undertake full time Evangelical vocation. In December, 1989, he was made the Chairman of Central Planning Committee of the entire Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church. Upon assumption of office, Prophet Fakeye declared the determination and commitment of the Central Planning Committee to build a virile, united, strong and spiritually sound Church Organization.
Since assuming the mantle of leadership, his committee has pursued very thoughtful policies and programmes directed at establishing a new spiritual, moral and social cultural order combined with a dynamic overseas policy of evangelism at several countries within the international community. At the National conference level, in 1991, Prophet Fakeye was made the coordinator of all Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church Overseas. A blue-print that will usher in the glorious dawn in the Movement Church history has been approved. He arranged the visit that took the Spiritual Father, Late Pastor J. T. Agboola to America in 1966.
Under his leadership, relationship with other religious organization and other bodies outside Nigeria has greatly improved. Also, significantly is his historical feat of champion a peace and unity process in the Cherubim and Seraphim Organization worldwide. He maintains and rightly too that OAIC must accommodate all religion groups and that Cherubim and Seraphim Church of Nigeria is common name acceptable to all member of the unification council.
In recognition of his service to evangelism, Prophet Fakeye was conferred with one of the Nigeria’s Highest Religious Honor’s “The Sower Award” in 1980. He has received numerous other honors and awards from various civil organizations in Nigeria and from number of countries in Europe and America. He became the Conference Special Apostle in 1996 at Zaria and was also made a Special Adviser to the Baba Aladura. Prophet Fakeye has a passion for God’s work, happily married to Grace Adelokun Fakeye and are blessed with children. Father in the Lord for Fathers in the Lord,Teacher of Teachers,Pastor of pastors,Evangelist of Evangelists,Prophet of Prophets,Counsellor of Counsellors,General of Generals, Leader of Leaders,Promoter of Peace and Unity,Love and Tolerance,Epitome of Humility.
He passed on to eternal glory at 9:00am on Sunday 11 January, 2015. He is mourned and remembered by his wife, children, grandchildren, church, national and all lovers of good the world over.
