Actor, Emeka Ike fingers Okotie in divorce mess

Nollywood actor, Emeka Ike has accused Pastor of the Household of God Church, Lagos, Chris Okotie, of contributing actively to ending his (Ike’s) happy marriage to his wife Suzanne, and breaking a happy home.
The actor in a statement in Lagos on Thursday, stated that Okotie was encouraging Suzanne to end their marriage by filing for a divorce, and even assisting her by providing funds to hire a senior lawyer to prosecute her case.
Trouble started in Ike’s home recently, when the wife accused him of assault.
While the actor has repeatedly denied this, the woman is said to have filed for a divorce in a Lagos court.
Ike alleged that instead of Okotie had admitted Suzanne to his church, and was encouraging her to pursue the case instead of him to intervene in the matter.
He also claimed that the pastor gave the woman N500,000 to hire a Senior Advocate of Nigeria.
He added, “Yes, 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 issues with her husband, and you fail 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?

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“Even, if you have a police case, they will make an effort to hear from you before taking a position, not to talk of the church. 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.”
But when contacted on the issue, media consultant to Pastor Okotie, Mr. Ladi Ayodeji, said Ike’s allegations were so baseless that the he was not prepared to dignify them with a comment.
He said, “There is nothing to what he is saying. It is total rubbish. What is he saying? Why will the pastor be interested in his domestic issue? Will he say he wants to marry the woman?
“What kind of man will be saying that kind of things on the Internet? Why is it that each time any of them has any issue they always want to bring Okotie into it? Responding to the outburst will only make the guy feel important. The pastor can’t dignify him with any.”

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