Pastor Chris Okotie Behind My Marriage Crisis - Emeka Ike

Popular Nollywood actor and producer, Emeka
Ike, has accused Rev. Chris Okotie of
Household of God Church, as the one behind
the ongoing crisis in his marriage.

The veteran actor in a statement revealed
he’s crying out because of the “desperate
desperation” of pastor Okotie to destroy his
family. Recall that for a while now, the actor
has been having issues with his wife,
Suzanne, with the wife filing a divorce suit
before a customary court in Lagos. Suzanne
is seeking dissolution of her 12-year-old
marriage over alleged assault from her
husband. The actor claimed that pastor
Okotie got his wife a Senior Advocate of
Nigeria (SAN), to pursue her case, gave her
N500,000 for her mother’s burial and even
bought her a blackberry passport phone!

In the actor’s statement, Emeka Ike said he is
writing the statement to let the whole world
know the “devil” behind the plot to destroy his
home, after all efforts to beg his wife to drop
the divorce bid failed. Read the statement
below:
”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.
I am pretty sure my wife is acting confused; she
is acting as if she is under a spell, which is
psychological and then she is acting under
blackmail. There was a time I accused her of
bringing men to my house. I mean, which
woman will wake her husband up in the middle
of the night and said to him, share your property
I want to get my share now from what you
have? Tell me, which woman will do that if not
acting under a spell?
There was a time I traveled and she closed
down my school and sent all the students away.
So, there is a lot to it, other than the allegation
of battery against me and I want the whole
world to know. 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.
Officially Files Divorce Suit
When we went to court, I told my wife that I’m
interested in amicable settlement of the matter,
and that I still want her back. But she refused.
Even, if you don’t want me, what of your
children, I asked her and she still would not
listen to me. I want the whole world to know
because there is a lot of misinformation out
there. The lawyer which Okotie hired for my wife
is also frustrating every attempt I make to
resolve the matter peacefully.”
However, when pastor Okotie’s media
consultant, Mr. Ladi Ayodeji, was contacted,
he denied knowledge of the development. He
said: “This is news to me…This is completely
news to me, but I will bring it to the attention to
the pastor and I will get back to you.”
Days ago, Nollywood actress, Clarion
Chukwura, who recently bagged an award at
the just concluded City People Entertainment
Awards, came out to defend the controversial
Nollywood actor, Emeka Ike. She said he is
not a trouble maker.

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