{"id":772196,"date":"2019-12-27T10:55:37","date_gmt":"2019-12-27T10:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/27\/rccg-pastor-his-two-children-drown-inside-pool-in-spain-photo\/"},"modified":"2019-12-27T10:55:37","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T10:55:37","slug":"rccg-pastor-his-two-children-drown-inside-pool-in-spain-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/27\/rccg-pastor-his-two-children-drown-inside-pool-in-spain-photo\/","title":{"rendered":"RCCG Pastor, His Two Children Drown Inside Pool In Spain [Photo]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_733956\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-733956\" style=\"width: 644px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-733956\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/5e04da6315caa.jpg\" alt=\"RCCG Pastor and kids\" width=\"644\" height=\"338\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-733956\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">RCCG Pastor and kids<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A 52-year-old pastor of The Redeemed Christian Church of God RCCG, Gabriel Diya, alongside his 16-year-old son, Praise Emmanuel Diya and 9-year-old daughter, Comfort Diya, have died.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, the man and his kids drowned inside the swimming pool in the Costa del Sol resort in Southern Spain on Tuesday, December 24th.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:\u00a0Man Drowns While Trying To Propose To His Girlfriend Underwater<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Diya, until his death, was the Minister in charge of the Open Heavens of the Redeemed Christian Church of God in Charlton, South-East London.<\/p>\n<p>He was on a family vacation with his wife and their children when his daughter Comfort got into difficulty while playing in one of the 21 swimming pool.<\/p>\n<p>Diya and his son jumped in to try to save her but also struggled in the water.<\/p>\n<p>The man and his kids all died at the scene despite attempt to resuscitate them.<\/p>\n<aside data-component=\"rich-link-tag\" data-link-name=\"rich-link-tag\">The UK\u2019s central office of RCCG has since described the unfortunate incident as a\u00a0\u00a0\u201ctragic accident\u201d. In a post shared on Facebook, the church said<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWith heavy hearts, we extend our condolences to the family, parish, friends and associates of Area Pastor Gabriel Diya who sadly passed away, along with two of his children \u2013 Comfort Diya (9 years old) and Praise Emmanuel Diya (16 years old) \u2013 in a tragic incident while on a family holiday in Spain on 24th December 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Pastor Gabriel Diya, who was also the Parish Pastor of Open Heavens, Charlton in London was aged 52. He is survived by his wife Assistant Pastor Olubunmi Diya and their daughter.<\/p>\n<p>At this very difficult time, our prayers are for Pastor Gabriel Diya\u2019s family, the parishes that were under his supervision, friends, associates, members of RCCG and the general public\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-733959\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/5e04dcdd9f52c.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"593\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RCCG Pastor and kids A 52-year-old pastor of The Redeemed Christian Church of God RCCG, Gabriel Diya, alongside his 16-year-old son, Praise Emmanuel Diya and 9-year-old daughter, Comfort Diya, have died. According to reports, the man and his kids drowned inside the swimming pool in the Costa del Sol resort in Southern Spain on Tuesday, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":772197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-772196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>RCCG Pastor, His Two Children Drown Inside Pool In Spain [Photo] - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/27\/rccg-pastor-his-two-children-drown-inside-pool-in-spain-photo\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"RCCG Pastor, His Two Children Drown Inside Pool In Spain [Photo] - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"RCCG Pastor and kids A 52-year-old pastor of The Redeemed Christian Church of God RCCG, Gabriel Diya, alongside his 16-year-old son, Praise Emmanuel Diya and 9-year-old daughter, Comfort Diya, have died. 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