…Says Okotie is an anti-Christ
Popular Nollywood actor, Emeka Ike has described the reaction of head pastor of Household of God Church, Chris Okotie to his allegation as an admission of efforts to truly destroy his marriage at all costs.
The actor had, in a statement on Wednesday, accused Pastor Okotie of engaging in desperate acts aimed at destroying his home.
The feud between the actor and his wife, Suzanne, had degenerated almost beyond resolution, with the wife filing a divorce suit before a Customary Court in Lagos.
Specifically, Suzanne is seeking dissolution of her 12-year-old marriage over an alleged assault from her husband.
Okotie, while reacting to the allegation through his media aide, had stated that he would not “dignify Emeka Ike with any response.”
In his reaction, Emeka Ike said by coming out to say such, Pastor Okotie had indeed confirmed the veracity of his allegation.
“I think his (Okotie’s) comment is a clear indication that he has nothing to say to fault my allegation against him.
“Is Pastor Okotie as well known and popular as I am? How can he say he will not dignify me with a response? His comment is actually a confirmation of my suspicion that my wife is being manipulated either through blackmail or spiritual enchantment to say she was opting out of her marriage after 12 years.
“For instance, at the last proceeding on the divorce suit, my wife said it in the open court that she was willing to abandon her four children and go out of the marriage. Which woman will say she was abandoning her four children if not acting under a spell? It is clear to me that Okotie is not a Pastor but an anti-christ,” Emeka Ike said.
He urged his fans all over the world to stay calm, stating that “just as God gave us victory over the people that illegally hijacked the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), our God is still on the throne and He will equally give us victory over this issue.”
The actor had accused Okotie of hiring a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) for his wife just for the purpose of destroying his home.
He alleged that Okotie gave his wife about N500, 000 for her mother’s burial and also bought her a blackberry porch phone.
Emeke Ike further said every Sunday, Okotie would call his wife out in church with other single women and asked that gifts should be given to them.
He further alleged that Okotie with another man in the church helped his wife to secure a job without his consent.
The man in question, Emeka Ike alleged recently had issues in his marriage over a love message which Suzanne sent to him.
According to the statement, Emeka Ike had said: “I want people to look into this issue critically. I’ve never beaten this woman in my life. When she ran out of home, I called my pastor and they took us for counselling. For one week, I was begging her every day; I would go home alone and she would go home alone as well.
“At a point, pastor asked us to write five things we like and dislike about each other. The pastor said that maybe we could work it out. I wrote mine, she wrote hers and she never said there that I used to beat her. I still have that document with me. She gave me what she wrote and I gave her what I wrote. If I used to beat her, she could not have left it out from that then. Any man that beats a woman is a coward. I know that someone somewhere must have done something to her. How can I beat a woman I adore so much? I love my family and this is very unfortunate. Her children have been begging her to come home, and she has refused.
“My name is precious to me and I don’t want anything to drag it in the mud.
“Pastor Chris Okotie just absolved my wife into his church without making any effort to get in touch with me. If as a pastor, your church member is having issue with her husband, and you failed to do anything to resolve it, what kind of pastor are you? “When I called him, he refused to pick my call. He also failed to react to a text message I sent to him. Is that a man of God? Even, if you have a police case, they will make effort to hear from you before taking a position, not to talk of the church.”