Odeleke is from
Ibadan, the capital of
Oyo State, southwestern Nigeria. She had her primary and secondary education at
Ilesa, her mother's hometown. She became a Christian in 1970 but began her evangelism in November 1974, celebrating her 40th anniversary in the ministry in August 2014. She became a bishop on 28 May 1995, and was the first African woman to become a bishop. ==References==