Members of Mount Zion Church in Oke-Ato area of Ondo state have been thrown into confusion as their pastor, Femi Olorunsoromidayo, reportedly died while conducting a funeral service for one of one of them who died recently. It was gathered that Pastor Olorunsoromidayo bade farewell to the world while performing burial service of a 78-year-old church member, Mr Samuel Rotimi, at Erusu town in Akoko North West Local Government after receiving his corpse for funeral service in Akure. Sources said the late Rotimi had during his lifetime gave warning that he should be buried in his house in Akure and not his hometown in Erusu-Akoko, an instruction that the pastor with some members of Rotimi’s family went against. Also, the head of the deceased family at Erusu-Akoko was said to have instructed the cleric to move the burial plans to Erusu against the earlier instructions of the deceased. A source said:” Since the late pastor including his immediate family had limited authority over the burial plan, he arranged for an ambulance, which took the corpse to Erusu Akoko, alongside his family members and some church members. “While the pastor was conducting the burial service at the cemetery, he started feeling uncomfortable after which he became unconscious before he was rushed to an undisclosed hospital in Akoko area,where he was confirmed dead.” It was learnt that the ambulance, which conveyed the remains of the late church member to his home town in Erusu for burial, was also used to convey the corpse of the Pastor back to Akure. It was learnt that the deceased, 42, was the founder of Divine Mount Zion Gospel Ministry.
