One wonders the kind of examples church members learn from their leaders these days, giving the kind of atrocities that are being reported about some pastors in recent times.
The founder and general overseer of Lord's Delight Ministries located at No.51 Afolabi Stree, Ajangbadi in Lagos, Pastor Rita Obioma Obiakor and her husband, Pastor Paulinus Obiakor, are currently entangled in a web of accusations and counter accusations of infidelity and other behaviours unbecoming of people in their positions.
Olufamous.com gathered that the couple recently shared their sordid stories before an Ojo customary court presided over by T.A. Said, where the wife had dragged her estranged husband to. Pastor (Mrs.) Rita, who hails from Imo State, is seeking for the dissolution of their 15-year-old marriage.
She alleged that her husband and father of her four children has turned a thorn in her flesh. Here is her own side of the story: "My husband is on the verge of destroying all the works and efforts that I have put in place to establish this church over the years”.
“I got married to him when I was barely 16 years old, and he, 27 years. Then he had nothing, jobless and looking very unkept. I started doing odd jobs to make both ends meet. Precisely in 2005, the Lord called me into his vineyard to serve him and show his people the right path.
"My calling was a prophetic one, so was my ministry. Since the establishment of that ministry in our two-bedroom apartment at Amukoko, the Lord has been blessing us. But my husband was like a Judas to my ministry. He was always behaving abnormally to the members, until I made him a part of the church and also gave him a good post. Yet he wouldn’t let me be. He is always accusing me of sleeping with church members during night vigil or anointing services”.
Pastor Rita said her husband’s greed and jealousy has done much damage to the image she had laboured so much to build. The disharmony between the couple degenerated to the extent that she was forced to buy another plot of land at Shibiri, Ajangbadi, a faraway suburb, and constructed a new church, thereby abandoning the old church located at No. 1 Bakare Street, Amukoko.
She also abandoned their accommodation, as well as give up some members of the old church to her estranged husband. “I moved in with my children to a rented apartment close to the (new) church while my faithful members moved into our new church.. So I had to ban him from entering the church and having access to the members too,” she said.
The Husband, Pastor Obiakor stepped into the dock:
She alleged that her husband and father of her four children has turned a thorn in her flesh. Here is her own side of the story: "My husband is on the verge of destroying all the works and efforts that I have put in place to establish this church over the years”.
“I got married to him when I was barely 16 years old, and he, 27 years. Then he had nothing, jobless and looking very unkept. I started doing odd jobs to make both ends meet. Precisely in 2005, the Lord called me into his vineyard to serve him and show his people the right path.
"My calling was a prophetic one, so was my ministry. Since the establishment of that ministry in our two-bedroom apartment at Amukoko, the Lord has been blessing us. But my husband was like a Judas to my ministry. He was always behaving abnormally to the members, until I made him a part of the church and also gave him a good post. Yet he wouldn’t let me be. He is always accusing me of sleeping with church members during night vigil or anointing services”.
Pastor Rita said her husband’s greed and jealousy has done much damage to the image she had laboured so much to build. The disharmony between the couple degenerated to the extent that she was forced to buy another plot of land at Shibiri, Ajangbadi, a faraway suburb, and constructed a new church, thereby abandoning the old church located at No. 1 Bakare Street, Amukoko.
She also abandoned their accommodation, as well as give up some members of the old church to her estranged husband. “I moved in with my children to a rented apartment close to the (new) church while my faithful members moved into our new church.. So I had to ban him from entering the church and having access to the members too,” she said.
The Husband, Pastor Obiakor stepped into the dock:
Giving his own side of the story the husband brought a new twist to the divorce case. The 45-year old clergy accused his wife of defiling the church by sleeping with prominent male members of the congregation in order to raise fund and establish herself financially.
The land she acquired for the new church and her new apartment, Pastor Obiakor alleged, were paid for with fund she raised from her illicit sexual affairs with male church members.
“My wife is the founder of the church, but as her husband, I am entitled to be the general overseer of the church. I had suspected my wife was frolicking with the wealthy and influential members of the church, my fears were eventually ascertained when she abandoned me and moved to her new church and apartment at Shibiri with a younger man she employed as her personal assistant known as Pastor Nwachineye,” Obiakor claimed.
Pastor Obiakor disclosed that his wife, Pastor Rita, has been impregnated by the pastor she employed. He went further to disclose that she even took the young man in question to the village and introduced him to her family members and relatives as her new husband. “That is a big sacrilege because I am still very much alive and active, so why would she take another man to replace me,” he argued.
But in spite of everything, Pastor Obiakor revealed that he still wanted her back. He admitted that his estranged wife was more like the bread winner of the family before their union ran into troubled waters. He said he is ready to forgive her of her transgressions and take her back as his wife if only she would withdraw the suit.
“My wife is the founder of the church, but as her husband, I am entitled to be the general overseer of the church. I had suspected my wife was frolicking with the wealthy and influential members of the church, my fears were eventually ascertained when she abandoned me and moved to her new church and apartment at Shibiri with a younger man she employed as her personal assistant known as Pastor Nwachineye,” Obiakor claimed.
Pastor Obiakor disclosed that his wife, Pastor Rita, has been impregnated by the pastor she employed. He went further to disclose that she even took the young man in question to the village and introduced him to her family members and relatives as her new husband. “That is a big sacrilege because I am still very much alive and active, so why would she take another man to replace me,” he argued.
But in spite of everything, Pastor Obiakor revealed that he still wanted her back. He admitted that his estranged wife was more like the bread winner of the family before their union ran into troubled waters. He said he is ready to forgive her of her transgressions and take her back as his wife if only she would withdraw the suit.
After listening to the pastors, T.A. Said adjourned to matter for further hearing.
It is sad indeed what our churches have become in recent times. Where are we heading to people? OI
ReplyDeleteThe husband, was he called like she claimed she was called?
ReplyDeleteWe can't stop going to church bcos of these things
God will help us!!
IT IS QUITE UNFORTUNATE I MUST SAY
ReplyDeleteHmmm! Wonders shall never end, I am not surprise, bcos even d Bible said judgement will start from d house of God, considering our conditions in dis nation we ar bond to do any thing just to survive. May God help us.
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This is terrible...men and women of God! Obviously the man has ego issues he wants to be the GO of the church hmph! I dont fancy the idea of the madam introducing another man to her family as her husband..ish
ReplyDeletethis is just a marital dispute occasioned by 'business' disagreement!
ReplyDeleteThis is not something new in the church, house of satan.
ReplyDeleteIt will be very difficult for female pastors to see the kingdom of God not to talk of entering into it. This is the type of church Boko Haram suppose to bomb killing the harlot pastor. I wonder how people attend that type of church. The man is right while the wife is wrong.
ReplyDeleteIn catholic church nothing like priest marrying rev. Sister or vice versa. Roman catholic church is the best
It's a lie,Rev.Fathers do sleep wt sisters in catholic churches too! There're some Rev. Fathers who're also married wt children in contradict to their fatherhood. In ds case,it's apparent dat d woman was neva called bt due to their predicament:got married at a tender age,husband was jobless,she was doing menial job to take of d family,etc. As a result,she was spiritually inclined thru prayer & fasting wc made her realised dat she could make some money thru ds means. So dat was d genesis of her calling. U can add up d rest. There4,d husband who knows how dey started ds church bizness wants to be d GO! Imagine,he's ready 2 4giv & accept d woman bak afta defaming & accusing her of sleeping around wt rich church members to raise fund to build d new church & impregnated by her young PA whom she had introduced as her new husband to her family in d village provided he assumes d GO position in order to av access to d church money. The woman claimed to had elevated him to d level of a pastor just to a appease d greedy man. Consequently,it's obvious dey'r neva called to ds reverred position. May be just bcos d woman knows how to sing praise songs very well,can command prayer points,charismatic,and so on. Most of dem are like dat. Only God knows who are thruly His(chosen).
DeleteNa wa o... Diz days churches are now lyk companies o...
ReplyDeleteImagine!
ReplyDeleteSatanic church are increase in this country both of tham they have right to leav their life on their on way but to hind under the word of god to do evil is bad.
ReplyDeleteBoth of them are not born again, they should drop pastor title and repent first.they should rename their business centre and not church
ReplyDeleteBoth of them are not born again, they should drop pastor title and repent first.they should rename their business centre and not church
ReplyDeleteBoth of them are not born again, they should drop pastor title and repent first.they should rename their business centre and not church
ReplyDeleteThe man is definitely envious of his wife's progress and inspite of her being d founder of d churh,he wants to claim d big boss! He is a parasite dat needs to be gotten rid off.
ReplyDeleteUnder d prevailing circustances that d wife is being hounded ike an endangered specie,it would be very easy for her to fornicate with other men cos all she gets frm her husband is Haslles and constant aggravation! For soMe reason both Pastors have made Satan d winner in their life!
ohhhh where is Paul?....Paul has said it all in the book of Romans...Pastors of these days are not for God but for the world.God have mercy and save His children amen.
ReplyDeleteInstead of a Rev. Man of God to be without wife in the name of celibacy, and countinue to womanize under pretence, is good that the man of God gets a wife of his own.
ReplyDeleteSomething is wrong somewhere dat d couple didnt tell us
ReplyDeleteThat man is very wicked.....He‘s even stupid!The woman should not take him back.Lazy thing.
ReplyDeleteVery sad and unfortunate story. Where is decorum, where is morality. A lazy man is a cursed man, he will not only serve his wife's concubine but will be a slave to the woman. one of them is supposed to climb the altar not to talk of even ministering to people. I'm ashamed as a man of God. PFN and CAN, wake up. The church must be regulated. Let the cleansing start now. God is watching us.Pastor Bhadmos.
ReplyDeleteOlu, you used the same picture for the female banker that committed fraud last month or so. Is it the same woman?
ReplyDeleteI don't believe the woman is sleeping around the man is simlpy jealous and lazy as is the Case with some jobless husbands or how can you explain to people that the wife is pregnant for another man but you want her back with the pregnancy because she is the breadwinner of the family which family the children she took along to Cater for or you she left the whole church for. Why can't you manage the church and see how easy it is to get wealthy people to also donate to you. You just want to spoil the womans ministry by calling her names
ReplyDeleteThe man is lazy. He just want use her. I dont think she did all those things he said.
Deleteshe has abandoned the church for him, let him sleep with rich sugar mummy too, to make his own money. since he doesn't believe in his wive's anointing and ability to use it for members to sow seed into the ministry. He is just the devil that want to destroy her ministry
Things are happening o. If this is really true then it might be satan that called both of them.
ReplyDeleteThings are happening o. If this is really true the it might be satan that called both of them.But if not then the man is just a jealous type.
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