Oluwakemi was born into
a Baptist family and is very conversant with the word of God. Maybe her
greatest assets are that she truly believes in God.
Fortunately also, her
husband, Gbenga, belongs to the same Baptist denomination. She and her spouse
are from Abeokuta, Ogun State. Their positions in their various families, however,
before coming together in holy matrimony on Saturday, April 3rd 1999, seemed to
add to the pressure of the need to have children soon after marriage.
Mrs Adeoye is the third
of five children, but the first daughter while her husband, Mr Olugbenga Adeoye,
is the first of six children and the only son. His five sisters are happily married
and blessed with children.
Being a child that was
brought up strictly with Christian doctrines, Mrs Adeoye, a graduate of the
University of Jos, knew that she would have a baby, more so as God, according
to her, had revealed to her in a vision that she would have a baby and gave her
the names of the baby on April 6th, 1999, three days after her wedding.
Having met when
Oluwakemi was in Form Four, and Gbenga in the polytechnic and had courted for
15 years, both understood each other and did not take the issue of not having a
baby immediately after marriage too seriously.
It was not until the
fifth year that they considered it a challenge and decided to seek medical and
spiritual assistance. They were invited to churches for prayers. Their parents,
especially Pa and Ma Adeoye, invited them to meet with pastors who ministered
in their church, especially during special programmes. For a while, Mrs Adeoye
attended deliverance programme of a church at Aremo area of Ibadan and was also
invited by a colleague at work to attend God’s Voice Ministry programmes at
Alakia area of Ibadan.