If this story is true then This is not good at all for the house of God. Just saw this article now and i am so feeling bad because ,those people we looking up to are the ones disappointing us. Please what ever we do as ministers of God let us at all times put the fear of God above every other thing. Accordibg to this report all i can deduce is Financial authority which to me shouldnt be work in hand with your call to serve. God help us!!
The dissolution of the marriage between
Christ Embassy Church founder Pastor
Christian Oyakhilome and his wife, Rev.
Anita Odegwa Oyakhilome, has entered the
final phase, according to reports by online
newspaper TheCable yesterday. The wife is
seeking divorce on the grounds of
“unreasonable behaviour” and “adultery”.
She outlined several allegations against the
pastor . 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,
UK, 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.
Efforts to reconcile the popular couple,
whose church is one of the biggest
denominations in Nigeria and has branches
all over world, have failed. They have two
teenage daughters, Sharon and Charlyn.
Oyakhilome is the president of Believers’
Love World Inc, the registered name of the
Christian ministry, while his wife is the vice-
president. 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. While Anita
believes she has been relegated in the
scheme of things in the church, her husband
has reportedly accused her of trying to
usurp power and authority above her
seniors in the ministry. Sources told the
online publication that the pastor had been
making efforts to avoid divorce in the hope
that the wife would eventually have a
change of mind. However, 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.
According to the report, it was gathered that
Anita recently wanted to go public with the
details of her allegations against the
husband but reached an informal agreement
to sheathe her sword in the interest of the
church. Oyakhilome is regarded as one of
the richest and most influential pastors in
Nigeria, and co-authors the fast-selling
Christian daily devotional, Rhapsody of
Realities, with the wife. However, following
the strain in the marriage, the wife had been
complaining to friends that her husband had
stopped the payment of royalties due her
from the devotional. “She complained of
being deliberately starved of funds, perhaps
to bring her to her knees in the belief that
she would eventually return to her
matrimonial home and mend things,” a
church member told TheCable in the UK. A
wealthy Zimbabwean businessman, who is
into telecoms, is one of the biggest
financiers of the London branch of the
church which Anita pastors along with other
branches in Europe. When the crisis got to a
head, the Zimbabwean stopped.
COURTESY : LEADERSHIP NEWSPAPER NIGERIA
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