Months following the separation of Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, the founder of Christ Embassy Church and his wife, Pastor Anita, the estranged couple have reportedly shared their two children.
While Sharon, the eldest, prefers Pastor Chris, Charlene is presently with Anita. Anita had this past year April approached a London court, seeking a divorce on the causes of adultery among several allegations.
The suit, number FDI 4001650, was filed on her behalf behalf by Attwaters Jameson Hill Solicitors on April 9, 2014 at the Divorce Section A, Central Family Court, First Avenue House, High Holborn, London, United Kingdom. Pastor Chris was served the divorce letters in his college accommodation during one of his true visits to the UK. Efforts to get in touch with the camp of Pastor Chris yesterday evening proved abortive.
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, had then denied the allegations leveled against him by Anita and even threatened to sue media houses for damaging his name and Church. Last September, a record by his counsel, Kemi Pinheiro (SAN), described the allegation as “wicked and malicious”, and an endeavor to make Pastor Chris “to public opprobrium and ridicule.”
Pinheiro said the adultery allegation “currently circulating in the media was just an entire distortion of facts in the pending proceedings in the United Kingdom
The lawyer warned media establishments to verify the authenticity of the stories before publication, saying his counsel would take appropriate legal actions against them to safeguard Pastor Chris Oyakhilome’s reputation and that of the church Business.