And so far, Nigerians have reacted to the crisis by going on social media to express their shock and disbelief.
While some condemned the crisis, others had encouraging words for both parties.
Reacting to the development, a certain Briareios, who claims to be an insider on facebook, said “According to people in the know, family members o, they have been separated for fifteen years. They were just saving face for the sake of the ministry but it looks like the wife has had enough”.
Another facebook user Joel said “the crisis only shows that men of God are also human beings.
“This will only show that we are all humans- Pastors, Reverends, Bishops and so on. All the same, the story is quite disturbing bearing in mind that churches and mosques are the places we look up to in this part of the world as places where mentors for our younger generations shall come from. The wife should have had this in mind and spared the country and our society of this embarrassment by walking away quietly. That of course would have been a sacrifice as a Christian. Christianity teaches us that whatever situation we find ourselves is a way of bearing the cross. Both of them should as a matter of urgency reconcile to save their followers and members of this huge embarrassment.”
Also reacting, one Kayode Olusola, said he was not surprised that weighty allegation like adultery is rocking Pastor Chris Oyakhilome’s family.
Olusola said he had had course to express doubt over the man of God since his “infamous” position on masturbation.
“This is a person who claimed masturbation is not a sin. I think what is happening now is another confirmation of what many of us have said even before now”, he said.
In his own reaction, a commentator on the online platform, Nairaland, Sammy Johnson, said “I am not surprised about this news. Christ Embassy is a very promiscuous church. Most of the female members dress like they are in clubs and most of the guys attend the church to chase women. There is no dressing code and I see guys wearing earring and braiding their hairs in Christ Embassy. I used to attend that church in my campus and there is a lot of fornication going on in that church. But Pastor Chris messed up if he really cheated on his wife because he has a very beautiful and educated wife. why would any sane man cheat on that kind of wife?”
Agreeing with Sammy, another Nairaland user, Hopelink1 said “I am not surprised at what I read today. The man does not have respect for the body of Christ. He shunned the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN leaders when they wanted to broker peace between himself and Chris Okotie when they were having a face-off. Pastor Adeboye, Bishop Okwonkwo and other PFN leaders were shocked when he ignored their call. He even said he was not under PFN”, Johnson noted.
A Facebook user, Cecilia Popoola, described the development as a machination of the devil to dampen the spirit of Christians in the country.
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