That the founder and the General Overseer of the Household of God
Church, Pastor Chris Okotie packed it up with his second wife Stephanie
Henshaw is no more news, just like the fact that a lot of people were
caught unawares by his declaration that he was going to marry for the
third time this December.
However, the announcement a couple of weeks back that the funky
pastor will be getting married soon stirred some activities around his
Oregun Lagos church, as some female members whose hopes were dashed when
he decided to marry Stephanie four years back are currently jostling at
the background to fill vacant the position of “Mrs Okotie.”
Some of the ladies who are strongly rumoured to be on this list and
whom the man of God has played a prominent role in their lives include,
Sola Salako, who was the church’s head of administration for several
years, and 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, but who has since moved on, and Rose Elishama
Ideh, who became a frequent visitor at many of Okotie’s church events,
and who played a major role in his last presidential campaign. 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.
First to signify her intention is Ure Okezie popularly known as Queen
Ure. When Okotie’s rejection pushed her into the arms of younger Soul E
whom she dated for about four years before Soul E walked out of the
relationship, she recently returned to the fold of the pastor that his
known for his excessive grammatical expression laden sermon. When
questioned about Christ Vila, the church she co-owned with her ex-lover,
she replied that she has returned to Pastor Chris Okotie’s Household of
God Church and that she now worships there, raising questions as to why
she chose to return to the church immediately after the break-up
between the pastor and Stephanie.
Sources close to the church also revealed that it is a matter time
before others like VienTetsola, and the rest return as the office of the
wife of the pastor has now suddenly become vacant since most of the
women in question are still single with the exception of the Roli
Adeniyi who has since become married to the former vice-chairman of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) South-west, Chief Olabode George.
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