Nollywood
actor, Emeka Ike, has accused the founder and head pastor of Household
of God Church, Pastor Chris Okotie, of being behind the plot to destroy
his marriage at all cost.
Emeka Ike, in a statement, said he was crying out because of the “desperate desperation” of Okotie to destroy 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.
Emeka
Ike said he was compelled to alert the whole world of the “devil”
behind the plot to destroy his home, after all efforts to beg his wife
to drop the divorce bid failed.
The actor 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 passport phone.
Emeke
Ike further said every Sunday, Okotie would call his wife out in church
with other single women and ask 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 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.
“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 travelled 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.
“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,” he narrated.
Emeka Ike