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 Vien Tetsola, 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.
