Albert Taiwo Tokunbo Odulele (born 5 January 1964) is a Nigerian-British

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Early life

Odulele was born as a twin in London at St. Mary’s Hospital, Whittington to Nigerian parents Abel Oyebajo and Patience Aotola. Odulele spent his formative years in

Nigeria Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...

and emigrated to the

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in 1986. He starte
Glory House
in 1993. Odulele married in 1995. He was convicted of two counts of sexual assault in 2011.

Career

Odulele graduated from Ogun State University (now

Olabisi Onabanjo University Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye is a state-owned university located in Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria. The university was founded on 7 July 1982 as Ogun State University (OSU) and was renamed Olabisi Onabanjo University on 29 May 2001, i ...

) in Nigeria with a Bachelor of Science in Medicine and Surgery in 1989. Following his relocation to the United Kingdom, he worked for the

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for a short period of time. Odulele founded a

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called Glory Bible church in 1993 at a former funeral home in Leyton, East London. It becam
Glory House
in 1999 and now meets at Tabernacle Avenue in Plaistow, London. The Church has branches in Nigeria, started by Albert Odulele in 2016;

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founded in 2014 and

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Criminal conviction

In February 2011, various media outlets reported that Albert Odulele was charged with two counts of sexual assault involving two male youths, one of whom was a boy under 16 years of age. Odulele pleaded guilty and confessed that he had been battling with his sexuality for many years. Odulele was sentenced at

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to eight months in prison and placed on the UK sex offenders' register for five years. His twin brother Vincent Odulele took over the church at that time. Facebook groups were established t
support
and t
condemn
Albert Odulele. Having served some of his sentence, Odulele was released early from jail on 29 July 2011. He then resumed work as the pastor of Glory House. Warnings were issued by some media outlets upon his return to Nigeria in 2016 to start a Church branch there.

Bibliography

Odulele has written and published several

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non-fiction titles including: * "The Bible Made Simple" Published in 2001 * "Understanding God's Voice" Published in 2003 * "Divine Inspiration" * "Eternity Unveiled" * "Divine Assignment Indicators" * "This Crisis is for your Increase" He has published a blog on the Glory House Church website.

Personal life

Odulele married Mary Abosede in 1995. They have two children; Christopher Olufemi and Tiana Morojureoluwa.

References

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