The founder of the Mountain of Liberation and Miracle Ministry, also known as Liberation City, Chris Okafor, has reacted after actress Doris Ogala levelled allegations against him.
Ogala, in a video posted on her Instagram page on Saturday, accused the pastor of ruining her life following the circulation of a video showing his engagement to another woman.
The actress alleged that she had been in a relationship with Mr Okafor since 2017.
The actress further claimed that Mr Okafor, who runs skills acquisition programmes and offers scholarships to underprivileged students through the Chris Okafor Humanity Foundation, shared videos of her miscarriage and had her sex video.
She maintained that Mr Okafor’s marriage to another woman would not work.
Ms Ogala said: “Someone should go and tell Chris Okafor that he won’t marry, it’s a lie. Who will you (Okafor) leave me for? Forget about saying clout, you people can insult me. I don’t care. Since this man fucked me (slept with me), my life has not been the same. I lost my younger brother. Chris, no, this marriage will not work. After sharing my naked video, turning the miscarriage I had for you to abortion, who do you think you want to leave me for, Chris? No, Chris Okafor, it will not work.
“No, you will kill me first before you make this marriage work after destroying my life. Chris, no, it’s not possible. I have not recovered since. I almost committed suicide. People don’t know what I’m going to do. Do I behave normally to you people? Can’t you people see that I’m not okay? This man has taken up my life, and he wants to get married. It’s not possible. I lost my only brother. I can prove Juju, I can prove witchcraft. He knows what he did.’
Additionally, Ms Ogala said the clergyman had destroyed her emotionally, questioning what purpose her life would serve if Mr Okafor eventually married another woman.
She said she had barely survived since Mr Okafor left her, adding that she was not in this state when they began dating in 2017.
Ms Ogala further stated that she had not been emotionally stable since the clergyman ended the relationship, a situation that worsened with the death of her brother.
“He did a lot, though. Because we are dragging money. My brother died too. After all the sex? After everything, you think you can just marry? No, Chris, it will not work after destroying my life. You carried my miscarriage video I had for you. You brought it down to the world and said it was an abortion. Tell me, who do you want to leave me for? Chris, no, this will not work.
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“You have taken everything away from me. You took away the only brother that I live with. You took him away. I can’t prove it’s a ritual. But you know the truth. Since that time, I have not been okay. Do I behave okay with you people? Am I normal? No, Chris, this will not happen. After destroying my life like this, and you want to marry? No, you will not. No, you will kill me that day, said Ogala.
She vowed to disrupt Mr Okafor’s church wedding, alleging that the clergyman had broken her heart and ruined her life.
The actress further claimed that Mr Okafor pressured her to leave her marriage after promising to marry her.
She added, “Be ready to kill me, Chris Okafor, because I will not let it happen. Even if you go abroad and come back, I will drag your wife. I will come to the church and hold your wife. Who will marry me now? After everything, Chris Okafor, after promising me marriage and disgracing me like this, turning my life upside down, you still want to marry? Since 2017, we’ve been dating. You want to leave me and marry who? When I got married, you cried and asked me to leave the man.
“I left the man and came out. Who will marry me? After sharing my miscarriage video, turning it into an abortion, your lawyer carried the video and gave it to my lawyer. My sex video with you. You carried my body and sent it to your lawyer. Your lawyer sent it to another lawyer, and then sent it to my lawyer. After sharing my body publicly, who do you want to leave me for now, Chris Okafor? No. I don’t care what anyone says now.”
Amidst the ongoing saga, speaking during his sermon on Sunday, a video of which later went viral on social media, Mr Okafor asserted that no man would choose to settle down with an arrogant woman.
He also claimed that no man would marry a woman from a household without a good name or reputation.
“You are a young lady being arrogant, behaving and talking to people anyhow. Saying ‘I don’t respect anybody because I am not well.’ You are a young lady, unmarried, and you are talking like that. Which man will marry who’s not well? Which man wants to marry you when they know that you have slept with different men? God forbid. I know what I’m saying might be painful, but we listen; the truth is better. It’s bitter, but it’s better for us.
“You are just arrogant. When you see your seniors, you cannot greet them. You’ll be looking at them and misbehaving; you are doing all manner of things. And yet, you don’t even want a father to have a name. No man wants to marry a woman who is not submissive. Many people say, ‘When I get married, I will be a good wife.’ No, you are supposed to be a wife before they marry you. That’s the problem”, said Mr Okafor.
He further stated that while women were numerous, only a small number met the standards he considered suitable for marriage.
Quoting the Bible, Mr Okafor said, “The Bible did not say, ‘He who finds a woman.’ It said, ‘He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favour from the Lord.’ You want to get married, but you have refused to develop the capacity to be a good wife. Men are not looking for women; they are looking for wives.
“So you have to be a wife first before a man comes to you. Either find a wife, or find a wife. Ah, this girl is too submissive, this girl is teachable. If you correct her, she will hear. That’s what it means.”
In another emotional video posted to her Instagram page, Ogala detailed further grievances, alleging financial exploitation and harassment.
She clarified that a recently viral clip of Okafor preaching about not marrying a “promiscuous woman” was not a current response to her, but a 2023 sermon she witnessed in person while they were still dating.
Ogala claimed she used her finances to help Okafor and his associates secure a contract but was never fully repaid.
“You might wake up tomorrow, and I will not be in this world again. I know the state of mind I am in right now. That video was made in 2023 when I was still dating Chris Okafor. That video is not referring to me. As a matter of fact, I was in the church when Chris made that video,” she said.
“… Chris contacted me to help him and his friends. And what did he pay me back with?”
She alleged that Okafor had her detained in Abuja and, in a separate incident, had her arrested and held for two days at the Owerri State CID just four days before her brother’s burial.
“He arrested me. He detained me in Abuja. He also arrested me four days before my brother’s burial. And kept me in CID in Owerri for two days. For nothing. I did nothing,” she said.
“Because his friend gave me money, and he took the money. And I started asking for the money. He paid me so much and got me arrested for defamation. Chris has done a lot of things to me. I am not stable. I am suicidal. I am saying this from the bottom of my heart. It took me a lot to say all this.
“This person you are seeing here is suicidal. I am being very honest. I am devastated.”
Okafor is yet to publicly react to Ogala’s allegations.