Most controversial Nigerian pastors – If being caught-up in controversies is one test of the real man-of-God, then these ones will qualify on this criterion. Either for some unbelievable miracles, certain biblical principles which they preach or their romance with politics, these pastors have in one way or the other found a way to always be in the news; sometimes with great scandals.
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I must say though that the controversies do not necessarily make these ones the most popular pastors in Nigeria; however, it leaves them at certain spots in which they cannot be overlooked as long as Nigeria is concerned.
Below is a list of the most controversial men-of-God in Nigeria.
5. Reverend King
From the moment he stepped into the scene, the dynamics of the game seemed to change. Looking all a bit strange with his sakura- head and beard, Rev King drew a lot of attention to himself in a very short while.
At the beginning there were tales of how members of his church were made to sit in one place from beginning to the end of service, mostly due to the fear that if they as much as stand to take a leak, they will be severely flogged.
Afterwards there were tales, of women whose husbands came raging, claiming that he (Rev King) was sleeping with their wives in the name of deliverance.
Then the last straw that broke the camel’s back was the murder case in which Rev King killed a member of his church called Ann Uzoh. He killed her by setting her on fire alongside 6 other members of his church; accusing them of fornication, a crime for which he has been sentenced to death.
Only recently, one miss Susan Chizoba, a former maid of the self-professed messiah, revealed how she served the general overseer of the Christ Praying Assembly stark naked. She explained how her parents took her to Rev King’s home in 2000, believing it to be a Christian home.
Rev King is currently on death row and though the due date for execution remains somewhat unknown, still his followers believe that like Jesus Christ, their spiritual leader is being persecuted, and a great miracle to save him from death is still likely.
4. Pastor Chris Okotie
Former pop music rave, classic crooner of his time, Chris Okotie came into the scene with his bamboozling grammar, such that his followers began to carry dictionaries to church in order to decipher what exactly the man of God is saying.
For him it was first the palpable show-down between him and his namesake Chris Oyakhilome, then the ministry graduated to his vision of being the leader of Nigeria as directed by God. It turned out that his failure to clinch the coveted seat was as a result of Nigerians refusing God’s mandate.
From the elections and then came the case of affairs upon affairs. The televangelist has married twice and announced he had separated from his second wife on June 24, 2012.
In 2013, a security guard who worked for Chris Okotie, accused the man-of-God of snatching his wife, one Stephnora Nwamaka Boniface who also was a former staff of Okotie.
There were claims of Pastor Okotie buying Stephnora some clothes and asking her to come try them in church; where the security guard claims the mother of his daughter told him pastor Okotie has a bed.
Stories of the suave, rich overseer having a love-child after 3 abortions also exist. A certain Remi Odutola emerged in 2013, alleging that she has a 9-year-old girl for Pastor Okotie. She further claimed that she is his secret wife.
Following his separation with the widow, Stephanie Henshaw, there have been speculation about whether or not the debonair overseer of the Household of God Church will remarry.
Reports have it that many smitten women have continued endlessly to win Okotie’s heart, including singles, divorced and widowed women in his church, so much that there is an alleged royal rumble to win the singer-preacher’s heart.
Most recently rumored was the fling between Pastor Chris Okotie and one Delphine Onyii Okoronkwo, as well as the speculated romance between him and Naomi Hoffman.
It remains somewhat unclear what Pastor Chris Okotie is up to these days.
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