Pastor Runcie Mike, the Lead Pastor of The Evening Church in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom state capital, is dead.
Mike died on Saturday few hours after officiating the funeral service of a church member who was buried on Friday.
Earlier, the Christian cleric had lamented the death of the church member in a post sighted on his Facebook wall.
“I don’t even know how to process the emotions since I heard of your demise after the surgery we spoke about, then to be told that I was going to be the one officiating the funeral is too hard for me to bear as this will be the first time I will be officiating a funeral in my entire life. I hope it goes smooth cuz this will be too triggering. Travel in the light Dear Eka till we meet again across the narrow bridge,” he wrote.
During the funeral service on Friday, the pastor was said to be emotional and weeping like a baby because of his closeness with the deceased. Only a few hours after the burial, Mike was said to be dead.
When the news broke, many of the church members labelled it fake news as it was extremely sudden.
But, the leadership of the church later confirmed the sad development.
According to the church, Pastor Mike died after a brief illness.
