FACT CHECK: Is Bishop Isaac Idahosa related to Archbishop Benson Idahosa?

It is no longer news that the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria’s People’s Party, NNPP, Alhaji Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has announced Isaac Idahosa as his running mate.

Idahosa is the presiding Bishop of Illumination Assembly.

Following his surname, many people have thought the cleric is related to late televangelist, Archbishop Benson Idahosa of the blessed memory.

Who is Bishop Isaac Idahosa?
Who is Bishop Isaac Idahosa? Biography of Kwankwaso’s running mate

Bishop Isaac Idahosa is the presiding Bishop and the senior pastor of God First Ministry, popularly known as Illumination Assembly, Lekki Light Centre (LLC), Ajah, Lagos. A church he started more than 25 years ago with few members at the City of Minna in Niger State.

He has been married to his wife, Christie for 22years and they are both blessed with two lovely children, Christabel and Osagie.

Bishop Isaac Idahosa was born into a family of six children and he is the third.

His name, Idahosa means hearing from God.

His ministry is rumoured to be worth over three billion naira.

He is a Preacher, Gospel Singer with three albums to his credit, Writer, Inspirational Speaker among many others.

Bishop Isaac Idahosa, who is called ‘Prophet Talk Na Do’ by his admirers, was decorated by the Lagos State Government as one of the few Mayors of the Lagos State Traffic Management (LASTMA).

He also received a United Nations Peace Ambassadorial award, for his immense contributions to the growth of humanity and peaceful co-existence through evangelism and Pentecostalism.

Isaac Idahosa, who gave his life to Jesus Christ in 1979, was born in the predominantly Muslim north, precisely in Minna, Niger State, where he and his siblings grew up.

Is Bishop Idahosa related to Archbishop Benson Idahosa?
Although both bear similar surnames and hailed from Edo State, they are in no way related.