Olumba Olumba

In 2020 a church spokesperson, Christ Shepherd Edet Archibong, stated that although the elder Olumba Olumba Obu was no longer seen in public, he was alive and well, having turned over administration of the "Kingdom" to his son, "King of Kings and Lord of Lords, His Holiness Olumba Olumba Obu" who would celebrate the 20th anniversary of his coronation on 9 August 2020. Archibong said that although BCS was not a church/religion or family enterprise, business assets of the organization include "[a] printing press, royal farms, rubber plantation, palm plantation, bakery and table Water."

By 2006, the disputes had spread to the US based siblings. Ajah Obu, “the Supreme Mother of Peace, Love and Justice,” and her brother, Fred Obu, filed lawsuits against one another, regarding the right to sell church property in the US.

The members of his spiritual organization claim he is immortal, alive and well, whereas a former follower states that he died in 2003.

In 2000, Olumba was said to have transferred leadership of the BCS organization to his eldest son, also named Olumba Olumba Obu, but known as Rowland. BCS was reported to have been dismantled in 2003.

In 2000/2001, Rowland and Helen Ibum, began to contend for the right of succession to their father. This encompassed spiritual control of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star, well as control of "the religion’s considerable finances." In Nigeria, this split led to violent clashes between followers, as well as lawsuits.

Olumba Olumba Obu was the founder of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (BCS). It was formed in 1956 in Calabar, the capital of Cross River State, Nigeria, and registered in March 1964 as a "religious organisation under the Land (perpetual succession) Act cap 98 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria." Over the next fifty years, it gained recognition by assisting disadvantaged children and adults. A school was built and job training was provided to followers. Membership in the church grew and in 1980, it had approximately 600,000 followers, and over 1 million, worldwide, by the 1990s. Olumba Olumba Obu's followers referred to him as "OOO", and painted the letters on their homes and cars.

Olumba Olumba Obu (1918-2003?) is a Nigerian religious leader who is believed to be God in human form in human form. He was the founder of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star, an organization which has been described as a new religion.

Olumba was born in 1918 in Biakpan, a small village in Cross River state which is the South South region of Nigeria inhabited predominantly by the minority tribes of Nigeria. Olumba had no formal education.