Afro juju star Sir Shina Peters has been ordained a bishop of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church. The 62-year-old received this honour at a ceremony in the Iju area of Lagos on Saturday.
“To god be the glory. I will serve my god till the end,” the Shinamania star said in separate messages posted on Facebook on Sunday.
Congratulating the singer, Ovation International magazine publisher Dele Momodu wrote, “Congratulations Bishop Isaac Oluwashina Akanbi Peters. Ore mi pataki pataki. A ti ko esu ati gbogbo ise buruku owo re sile (My very very dear friend. We have rejected the devil and all his evil works)”.
UK-based public speaker and business coach Dayo Olomu wrote “Sir Shina Peters now a bishop. At a colourful ceremony yesterday, the church installed Sir Shina Peters, SSP as a bishop. Congratulations to my big brother who we fondly called STAR, now His Lordship Bishop Isaac Akanbi Oluwashina Peters.”
Shina Peters is the father of award-winning video director Clarence Peters; whose mother is veteran actress Clarion Chukwurah.