Odun Nlo Sopin” song is one of the Christ Apostolic Church choruses, sang in all their churches in Ibadan and district whenever end of the year is approaching. The Music was repackaged along with additional two verses according to the leading of the holy spirit and this makes it the regular prayer songs towards the end of every year . . .
The album “Odun Nlo Sopin” was recorded on the 29 June 1979 at Decca West Africa, 30, Lawani Street, Akoka, Lagos, Nigeria under Ibukun Orisun Iye Record label. The album was the fourth release of the Choir. When about 50 women left Ibadan on the 28th June 1979 for Lagos with the intention of participating in the recording of Odun Nlo Sopin, little did they know that only 15 of them will eventually make it to the studio for the recording because the engineers at the studio (Decca) then, did another audition for each member of the choir before they were certified as qualified to participate in the process of recording. The above process applied to waxing/releasing of all the 25 albums produced by the choir. There was no special process or procedure embark upon when the choir were about preparing for the recording of Odun Nlo Sopin. As was the custom of the choir when preparing for any of their releases, they go to the mountain top to fast, pray and wait to hear from God before fixing a date with their producer. This was exactly what they did when they were about going for the recording of Odun Nlo Sopin Odun Nlo Sopin is a prayer song that solicit God’s supernatural protection for the person that listen to the song and by the grace of God, there has been so many testimonies home and abroad of people returning glory back to God for protection when they listen to the song. It is God’s grace that makes Odun Nlo Sopin stand out of the remaining 24 releases of Good Women Choir, Ibadan. When the song was recorded in 1979, the choir never knew that they were on the journey to make history and that the song will continue to be relevant even for decades and decades to come. And out of the 15 women that recorded Odun Nlo Sopin in 1979, only 5 including their leader are still alive. Perhaps it could be that God saw the resolute of these women to serve Him wholeheartedly even with their substances because back then, they do not go into the ministry because of financial gain but with the heart to serve God. This act, we believe is the reason God placed His hand on the song Odun Nlo Sopin and made it a Global Brand which will continue to be relevant from generation to generation. This is GREAT GRACE. For example, it came as a surprise to the choir when on the 15th October 1980 their producer informed them that they should come and collect the first royalty for Odun Nlo Sopin which was about N50,000.00 then. But because they were not money minded, they told their producer to use the money to buy musical instrument for the choir use. This was how the choir was able to acquire Davoli musical instrument, Toyota Coaster bus and a pickup van to convey their instruments. Odun Nlo Sopin album is a seven (7) powerful prayer tracks which has work wonders and will still continue to work more wonders in the lives of people. Glory be to God. Halleluyah!
