About three months ago when the overseer of Mountain of Liberation Ministry at Ereke Street, in Ojodu area of Lagos State, Prophet (Dr.) Chris Okafor broke the news of his abduction in a telephone conversation on his way from Awka, the Anambra State capital where he had gone for a crusade, the congregation shuddered with fear.
After paying a ransom of N50 million from the church’s savings to the supposed kidnappers to secure his release, some of his church members have come to discover that the kidnap story was a ruse.
What informed their position was that when they went to receive their pastor at the Lagos airport, he bore no sign that he was ever kidnapped. Instead, he looked fresh, and well fed. Their conviction was also based on the fact that the remains of one of the pastor’s security escorts who he said was killed in crossfire has not been seen, and neither his identity known till date.
That was the story of Prophet Chris Okafor's purported kidnapping.
The latest is that he is embroiled in a new conflict with the Igbano family over two-and-half plots of land at Gbolahan Akinmuda Street, Magodo Phase 1. It happened that Mrs. Igbano, a member of Mountain of Liberation Ministry, put the land, which belongs to her younger brother who lives in Switzerland up for sale, but buyer was not found, and she decided to seek spiritual help from her pastor who asked her to bring a small portion of the land’s sand in a polythene bag to him for prayer.
And as they were praying with Mrs. Igbano’s eyes closed, it is believed that Prophet Chris stealthily put a tortoise in the polythene bag, which was in his possession. He then told the woman to open her eyes, and the bag, and to her surprise she found a tortoise in it.
At that point, the pastor now told her about the spiritual implication of the tortoise in the sand. This he reportedly said meant that the woman would die if she sold the land, or built anything there, adding that she should give it to the church instead.
Mrs. Igbano believed her pastor’s ‘tales' and recoiled in horror, and sometime in 2011 she gave out her younger brother’s landed property to the church having told her brother that land speculators had seized it. Since he thought Mrs. Igbano owns the land, which is valued at around N80 million, Pastor Chris felt he has struck gold, and started to erect a personal mind blowing 19-bedroom duplex on the land, which he completed, and moved into early this year.
He also tried to perfect the land document in his own favour at Lagos State Ministry of Lands.
However, some members of the Igbinos, and the land owner who lives in Switzerland were shocked when they heard about the land gift to the pastor, and recently moved against it. They petitioned the Special Fraud Unit at Milverton in Ikoyi, alleging that Prophet Chris obtained the land under false pretences.
Findings revealed that Prophet Chris used to live in a 3-bedroom rented apartment at Adekunle Ajuwon Street at Asore in Ajuwon, an Ogun State suburb before he moved to his mansion in Magodo. It was there, he mastered the fine art of obtaining by tricks.
Even in his church, Mountain of Liberation, which congregation is over three thousand, he introduced programmes such as GIVE ALL TO JESUS where regular worshippers are encouraged to donate all their monthly salaries to the church, and FIRST HARVEST where they are asked to give their first salaries to the same church every New Year.
The same Prophet Chris requests that every church member should give a minimum of a thousand naira as offering every Sunday Service in the church.
That was the story of Prophet Chris Okafor's purported kidnapping.
The latest is that he is embroiled in a new conflict with the Igbano family over two-and-half plots of land at Gbolahan Akinmuda Street, Magodo Phase 1. It happened that Mrs. Igbano, a member of Mountain of Liberation Ministry, put the land, which belongs to her younger brother who lives in Switzerland up for sale, but buyer was not found, and she decided to seek spiritual help from her pastor who asked her to bring a small portion of the land’s sand in a polythene bag to him for prayer.
And as they were praying with Mrs. Igbano’s eyes closed, it is believed that Prophet Chris stealthily put a tortoise in the polythene bag, which was in his possession. He then told the woman to open her eyes, and the bag, and to her surprise she found a tortoise in it.
At that point, the pastor now told her about the spiritual implication of the tortoise in the sand. This he reportedly said meant that the woman would die if she sold the land, or built anything there, adding that she should give it to the church instead.
Mrs. Igbano believed her pastor’s ‘tales' and recoiled in horror, and sometime in 2011 she gave out her younger brother’s landed property to the church having told her brother that land speculators had seized it. Since he thought Mrs. Igbano owns the land, which is valued at around N80 million, Pastor Chris felt he has struck gold, and started to erect a personal mind blowing 19-bedroom duplex on the land, which he completed, and moved into early this year.
He also tried to perfect the land document in his own favour at Lagos State Ministry of Lands.
However, some members of the Igbinos, and the land owner who lives in Switzerland were shocked when they heard about the land gift to the pastor, and recently moved against it. They petitioned the Special Fraud Unit at Milverton in Ikoyi, alleging that Prophet Chris obtained the land under false pretences.
Findings revealed that Prophet Chris used to live in a 3-bedroom rented apartment at Adekunle Ajuwon Street at Asore in Ajuwon, an Ogun State suburb before he moved to his mansion in Magodo. It was there, he mastered the fine art of obtaining by tricks.
Even in his church, Mountain of Liberation, which congregation is over three thousand, he introduced programmes such as GIVE ALL TO JESUS where regular worshippers are encouraged to donate all their monthly salaries to the church, and FIRST HARVEST where they are asked to give their first salaries to the same church every New Year.
The same Prophet Chris requests that every church member should give a minimum of a thousand naira as offering every Sunday Service in the church.
Source: Orijoreporters
This is nothing but greed and that is what many Nigerians are suffering from. Love.
ReplyDeleteAnd ppl still go there to worship? Or is this story a well planted defamatory jist?
ReplyDeleteU Wetin be ur own sef? Abi u be agent? If u follow one u will be exposed ewu. Aturu awusa. Agents of darkness.
DeleteEven Rev King that was convicted of murder still have people who are ready to worship in his church, talk less of 419 issue.
ReplyDeleteOur society is suffering from moral bankruptcy!!!
The story must be true. When he came to Abuja last year he ask some couple to drop their muranor nissian jeep, that he saw them involve in an accedent. out of fear they drop the car key for him that is immune from accedent. His sologan is you must sow a painful seed for you to get answer to your prayer. forget what you see them do on TV met them one on one and you will see their true colour. they take advantage of people's problem to expoilt them. googl his name and you will see how people has being giving him their property out of fear. God dey, and he will deafintly judge anyone using his name to expoilt people.
ReplyDeleteRogue, barawo. Who's he liberating? Olee. Everyday for thief, one day for owner of d hoz. I knew it Dat he was up to sth. Fake pastor. Bleaching man. U'll suffer in agony. OBT. They shld lock but his evil wife Dat curb evil, let dem rout in jail. God will expose all of dem, who blasphemy his name. I pray pple shld tender more petitions against his release. Ewu. Olu pls keep us posted of abt him. Tanx bro u r doing God's work. Don't be downcasted ok!
ReplyDeletei don't blame the pastor, i blame the miracle seekers who can sit down and study their bible very well. its good for them, their claim is that, there is no light in orthodox church, so where light is,its found in new generation churches.how can someone ask you to drop your first fruit every month when its not indicated in the bible. how can someone tell me to drop my car and he cannot pray to avert the situation as a pastor. mumu people, its good for them. ride on pastor. (maty)
ReplyDeleteI knew the man is fake, with all the mircle and the liberation, prophecy, He could not libert himself from the kidnappers, he didn't see with his so called prophetic eyes that there is danger along the way for him. people were giving out their land to him as painful seed and seek to know were it is in Abuja. Una dagbo don tomuch. you better repent before evil befalls you. 419er
ReplyDeleteGOD DEY AND HE WATCHES OVER EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THESE WORLD.............
ReplyDeleteNo wonder,fine boy no pimples!Ashey it's congregation's money dat he's using 4 his swagger!I dont blame him.Some pple are fond of searching 4 non-existent miracles and visions,dat's how they get exploited.
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