How Romance With Female Gospel Singer, Sinach Crashed Oyakhilome's Marriage
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.
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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”.
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.
He said: “The members of the church have been aware of these issues
for a long time. These allegations are not new. What is new is the
divorce issue. We are surprised that she (Anita) went to file the suit
in London despite the fact that they got married in Nigeria, obviously
for financial reasons. What is happening to Chris can happen to any man
of God. He (Chris) will seek the face of God and come out strongly from
this. He has been taking it calmly. Remember the case of American
preacher, Benny Hill. His wife divorced him but he eventually remarried
her again. Just like Benny Hill, Chris will come out stronger from
this.”
Another member of the church, who described himself as a “senior
member” said it is a shame that things have gotten to this point . He
revealed that Anita has worked very hard to build the United Kingdom
branch. ”I believe that the church will survive it, just as it survived
the TB Joshua crisis. It may affect the younger ones in the church but
the older ones will understand. The key thing is to focus on his
preaching and not his personal failings or the crisis.”
A Lagos-based lawyer told THISDAY last night that there was nothing
wrong with Anita’s decision to file the divorce suit in London. He said:
“If the Nigerian position is anything to go by, by virtue of Section 81
of the Matrimonial Causes Act where Nigeria recognises foreign
marriages and others for the purpose of dissolution, then one can safely
say that the English court can hear the case.”
Another lawyer who declined to be identified opines thus; “The
grounds for divorce are the same all over. All Anita needs to show is
that the marriage was contracted in Nigeria and that it was a monogamous
marriage. Her own lawyers in London will only ask the London court to
take judicial notice of Nigeria’s Marriage Act and then she will now
have to prove that that Act had been breached by the man’s adulterous
behaviour. Adultery is a ground for divorce all over the world.”
Oyakhilome is the President of Believers’ Love World Inc., the
registered name of the ministry, while his wife is the vice-president.
They have two teenage daughters, Sharon and Charlyn.
Going by the above information, in no time, Chris Oyakhilome would
join the league of Nigerian Pastor with fails marriages, which his
counterpart, Pastor Chris Okotie is already a member.
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