The entire 'social media village' by now has been
agog with the messy divorce news of famous
Nigerian Pastor, Chris Oyakhilome and his
estranged wife, Pastor Anita. However the untold
story behind the divorce is what you may not
have heard before. According to a member of
Oyakhilome's Christ Embassy Church at Ikotun
Egbe Parish who spoke to us on the condition of
anonymity, it was the cleric's alleged unholy
romance with Sinach, a female Gospel singer with
the Church that crashed his marriage. "Pastor
Chris' wife had been unhappy with his rumoured
affair with Sinach alongside other issues, while
she was away running the affair of the Church
abroad. In a bid to cover up his romance with
sister Sinach, Pastor (As they call Oyakhilome)
quickly signed her to the "Love World" record
label and included her name among his traveling
crew. That automatically gave her the opportunity
of travelling far and wide with Pastor's entourage.
Among other sisters in the Church, the manner in
which Sinach got favoured by Pastor was what
fueled their romance rumour. As things would turn
out, today Sinach is married while Pastor's home
is in trouble", stated our source. Although Pastor
Anita in her claims mentioned adultery amongst
other things as the reason she's filing the divorce
suit, one would beg to want to believe that the
until Sinach finally got married to her heartthrob,
Pastor Joseph, who is a senior Pastor with Christ
Embassy; she was often seen in the company
Pastor Chris. She travels with him everywhere he
goes. At a time, their closeness fueled a rumour
indicating that the two may be having an affair.
We're still investigating the above claims but
while that goes on, a few days ago, August 29,
2014 to be precise, an online newspaper reported
the matrimonial crisis rocking the home of
Charismatic Chris Oyakhilome, the founder of
Believers' Love World Inc, Christ Embassy Church.
READ THE COMPLETE REPORT BELOW…
After months of intense cover up, the matrimonial
crisis of charismatic Pastor Chris Oyakhilome,
founder of Believers' Love World Inc, (aka Christ
Embassy Church) blew into the open yesterday
with revelations that his estranged wife, Anita
had served him formal papers for a divorce in a
London court.
According to reports monitored yesterday on
TheCable.ng, an online newspaper, the
dissolution of the marriage between Chris and
Anita, has entered the final phase with the wife
seeking divorce on the grounds of "unreasonable
behaviour" and "adultery".
The report said she outlined several other
unpublishable allegations against the pastor.
TheCable reports that the divorce case, with Suit
No FD14D01650, was filed on April 9, 2014 at
Divorce Section A, Central Family Court, First
Avenue House, High Holborn, London, United
Kingdom, on Anita's behalf by Attwaters Jameson
Hill Solicitors, a full-service law firm with
expertise in commercial law and a strong
consumer focus in family, wills and estate,
personal injury law and medical negligence.
"Sources said efforts to reconcile the popular
couple, whose church is one of the biggest
denominations in Nigeria and has branches all
over the world, have failed. The pastor, according
to an elder of the church, has denied allegations
of adultery and believes his wife is being
influenced by "bad friends" who are intent on
destroying their home," reports TheCable.
The online newspaper reports that while Anita
believes she has been relegated in the scheme of
things in the church, her husband reportedly
accused her of trying to usurp power and
authority above her seniors in the ministry.
TheCable reported further: "Sources told us that
the pastor had been making efforts to avoid
divorce in the hope that the wife would eventually
have a change of mind. However, we can also
report that the decree nissi was served on the
charismatic pastor in his hotel room during a
recent visit to the UK. Decree nissi, in legal terms,
is like a yellow card in a football match which is
a precursor to a red card ("decree absolute") if no
new evidence is provided to stall proceedings.
"Church insiders said Oyakhilome had been
hoping for rapprochement, but he was left with
no option than to receive the papers when the
lawyers cornered him at his hotel in London. The
decree absolute, which will effectively end the
marriage, is expected to be issued soon while
terms of the divorce will be worked out by the
lawyers on both sides."
A member of the church who spoke to THISDAY
last night on condition of anonymity said the
entire Christ Embassy Ministry was disappointed
by the action of Anita.
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