Wow! Pastor Chris Okotie is one Nigerian pastor that is known for having issues with women. He is the founder and General Overseer of Household of God church and he recently divorced his second wife Stephanie Henshaw.
You will recall that after he divorced Stephanie, he publicly declared that he was going to re-marry before year end. Well, some female members who had their hope dashed when he married Stephanie, are currently fighting hard to become the new ‘Mrs Okotie’.
Some of the ladies who are strongly rumoured to be on this list include: Sola Salako who was the church’s head of administration for years; Okotie’s close aide, Vien Tetsola, a former Miss Nigeria; Ure Okezie, daughter of former minister, Dr. Okezie, who later dated hip-hop artiste Soul E; and Rose Elishama Ideh who became a frequent visitor at many of Okoti’s church events, and who played a major role in his last presidential campaign.
According to Laila Ikeji, “All of these women quit the church in the heat of union then hoping that Okotie would one day wake up from the spell of the Calabar beauty, and their prayers were answered in June this year.”
The argument of the women against the choice of Stephanie was that Pastor Chris had been the family pastor during her two marriages and Stephanie’s second husband was his oldest church member.
The story now is that since the pastor who was the presidential candidate of his Fresh Party is free from his marriage and has signified his intention to remarry, there is need to return as the race for the role of Mrs. Okotie is open.
