Church donates N132.8m car to Bishop as birthday gift

The General Overseer of Christ Royal Family International Church, Bishop Tom Samson, on Sunday received a Rolls Royce Phantom as birthday gift.
The 2014 customised extended wheel base beast was a gift from his 50th birthday organising committee to appreciate his impact in their lives as his flock.
The luxury wonder on wheel, with its attendant special features only driven in this part of the world by few men of class and panache, is said to have cost a fortune.
Rolls Royce Phantom 2014 model confers an instant princely feeling of royalty and opulence on owners.
A search revealed that the Rolls Royce hovers around $400,000 as price.
At an exchange rate of N132 to a dollar, this comes to N132.8 million.
Little wonder the organising committee, led by Deacon Iyke Kanu, said for the impact of Bishop Samson in their lives and contribution to the body of Christ, there is aptly nothing more befitting to celebrate him at 50 than an automobile of royal ensemble to compliment his status as a joint heir in the Kingdom.
Other members of the Committee include Pastor Eromosele Agbonselobho, Deacon Nosa James, Deacon Charles Okoko, Deacon Jim Sakpere, Deacon Ndubuisi, Special Servant Rosemary Ulu, Uche, Pastor Ngozi, Deaconess Nnenna David, Evangelist Joan Mukoro, Dave Agwazim, Pastor Ohis Bamidele, Pastor Julius Ochigbo Onoyima, Elder Femi Oboye, Eugene Emelieze, Evangelist Chinasa, Pastor Wale Samson and Oyinlola Oluwatoyin.
Bishop Samson’s Rolls Royce is quite unique.
It is the 2014 Bespoke Phantom.
Exclusively designed for the upwardly mobile dudes, the wondrous auto is the brainchild of Rolls Royce Dubai brand manager, Mohammed El-Arishy.
Rolls Royce says this exotic model is meant to evoke the history of motoring heritage of Goodwood Racetrack.
Sporty and rugged with ostentatious demeanour, the wonders-on-wheel is a delight to behold and intimidating.
Rolls Royce was created over a famous launch in May 1904 after Henry Royce, a successful engineer, struck a deal with Charles Rolls, owner of one of the first car dealerships.
The ensuing series of two, three, four and six cylinder cars broke the mould for engineering and craftsmanship and ushered in one of the best cars in the world.
Rolls Royce’s collaboration with BMW in the last few decades has produced the Phantom series, which was launched in 2003 to revive the brand from near obscurity to one of the foremost symbols of extreme wealth.
It was said on Monday that the latest luxury toy will certainly compliment Bishop Samson’s already intimidating garage filled with state of the art automobiles, including his much talked about N80 million 40ft Hummer Limousine.
Other notable high points of the activities marking Bishop Samson’s golden jubilee anniversary on planet earth included the commissioning of the Faculty of Humanity block and Library complex for the proposed Monarch University.