It is no news that Pastor Chris and his wife are currently acting a drama series titled Battle of the Reverends..winks! What is news now, is that Pastor Chris has threatened to sue all the Journalists, Print and Media and Bloggers (yours truly included) that are writing about his mini series with his wife, and also maligning him that he committed adultery. Below is the statement issued by his Lawyer Mr Kemi Pinheiro (SAN).
“The attention of our client, Rev. Chris Oyakhilome, and the church has been drawn to the wave of false, malicious and fabricated stories being published in the print and electronic media about his person, the church and a matrimonial cause between him and his wife," his attorney stated. Sharply criticizing the recent coverage of the divorce proceedings, which the statement did not refute, the release claimed that publishers went so far as to fabricate claims that he had committed adultery against his wife, Anita. These contradict her claims that the leader of Christ Embassy Church had indeed been unfaithful during their "terribly degenerated" marriage, something she disclosed through counsel to Premium Times earlier Wednesday. Characterizing the media's coverage of his wife's efforts to divorce him as “complete distortion of the facts in the pending proceedings in the United Kingdom”, the statement cited the coverage as "selfishly motivated" for political and financial advantage. "
Oyakhilome's counsel further said the media's coverage was engineered to bring him and the church shame and ridicule, though his wife was the person who aired the allegations against him.
The statement also acknowledged freedom of the press, but quite contradictory, cautioned that further action will be taken to safeguard the image of the church and the pastor if coverage continued. "Be warned therefore that unless the concerned media houses desist from further publishing words and stories which are false and damaging of our client’s reputation and the church, we shall, without further recourse to the concerned publishers, promptly embark on appropriate legal machinery with a view to protecting our client’s reputation and that of the church."
Lol but na series film na..how they go say make we no watch? Anyways we wish them the best as they go about trying to make amends to their tarnished Church Image..and we promise to keep up reporting the news no matter the threat..winks! na joke we dey o
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