Sex Scandal Rocks Pastor Chris Okafor’s Church – Steps Down Amid Outrage
By: Abudu Olalekan
Mountain of Liberation pastor Chris Okafor knelt apologising to Doris Ogala amid sex allegations, then stepped down. PFN confirms “spiritual pressure” was applied.
The kneeling happened last Sunday. Right there, on the carpeted stage where declarations of miracles usually thunder out. Pastor Chris Okafor, founder of Mountain of Liberation and Miracles Ministries, pressed his face down and apologised. To actress Doris Ogala. He admitted to “mistakes”—that word somehow carrying nine years of alleged secrets—and begged forgiveness while phones recorded every second.
Three days earlier, he’d married Pearl. December 16. The ceremony proceeded despite Ogala’s viral Instagram videos accusing him of exactly what the kneeling suggested: broken marriage promises, emotional manipulation, explicit photos shared without consent. She claimed he’d sent $10,000 urging her to retract everything and blame a rival pastor. She refused. Slapped him with a N1 billion damages notice instead, alleging police intimidation after her arrest.
But the dramatic apology didn’t stop the bleeding. Social media kept feeding oxygen. Ebere, reportedly a former choir member, claimed four abortions and a child with him. Bessem Okafor, his former wife who left him fourteen years back, surfaced describing infidelity and physical assault. Another woman demanded DNA tests, insisting he’d fathered children with both her and her sister. Even an audio clip allegedly featuring his daughter Chidera surfaced—accusations of inappropriate advances at home. Okafor dismissed it all as blogger lies.
The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria felt compelled to act.
A senior PFN executive, speaking cautiously to Reportersroom on condition of anonymity—”these things travel fast”—confirmed respected Christian leaders had pressured Okafor to step aside. “There are more things to be done,” the official added, noting festive delays had slowed formal deliberations. Meetings couldn’t convene properly over Christmas. “He has stepped down for a month. I believe before the month ends, some decisions would have been made.”
But the fellowship’s position is bureaucratically clear: they won’t investigate criminally. “We are not the police, nor are we a law enforcement agency,” the executive stated flatly. “If there is an allegation of rape, the government should step in. Even if we do inquiry, we cannot arrest anyone.” PFN applies what they term “spiritual pressure and discipline”—quiet, behind-the-scenes engagement that shouldn’t be mistaken for formal probe. “Not for public consumption.”
Okafor frames the break differently. At Wednesday’s New Year crossover service, he announced divine instruction. “I will be resting,” he told his congregation. “Time for personal retreat with God and time for me and my wife to rest. Since our wedding, we have not rested. We haven’t even done our honeymoon.” Back February, he promised, “better and stronger.” Though he clarified—he won’t be totally absent.
The Lagos State Police Command maintains distance. Spokesperson Abimbola Adebisi told Reportersroom no formal complaints have surfaced. “If there is any, the department handling it would have briefed me. Anyone with a petition can come forward.”
At the church headquarters in Ojodu, Lagos, members remain unmoved. When Reportersroom visited, two elderly faithful dismissed everything as extortion. Ruben Alufe, twenty years in the ministry, was blunt: “They just want to blackmail him. I’ve been very close to him—these allegations are fake.” His wife’s shop sits on the church street. “Okafor constructed this road. Why speak ill?” Another member cited timing as proof—silence before the wedding meant lies after. An anonymous pastor called it inevitable spiritual warfare: “If there is a next level, there will definitely be a next devil.”
Bishop Stephen Adegbite of CAN Lagos chapter advised ministers simply to “live out the messages they preach.”
For now, the pulpit waits. One month.
