It’s such a
shame that Rev. Chris Okotie’s name is being hit with yet another controversy
barely months after he announced his separation to his beautiful second wife
Stephanie Henshaw. A certain Remi Odutola has emerged from the blues alleging
that she has a 9-year-old girl for pastor Chris Okotie. Remi had claimed that
she’s Reverend Chris’ secret wife. My name is Aderemi Odutola, a granddaughter
of Ogbeni Oja of Ijebu-Ode. I met Reverend Christopher Okotie in 1997. I was a
young Pastor desperately looking for a good church where I could worship and
God led me to the Household of God. Then, I had a music ministry, and because
he was an ace musician, I took him as my mentor and strongly believed that he
would help me one day. Along the line, something happened. We started seeing
each other and I’ve done abortion for him three times before I decided to leave
the last one”. Why did she leave the last pregnancy and why is she coming out
nine years after? ‘I left the pregnancy not for anything, but for the fact that
he proposed to marry me’, she said, as tears welled up in her eyes. “Initially,
I didn’t accept his proposal because of his first wife, Tina. I couldn’t have
married a married man. But he told me that his marriage to Tina was on the
brink of collapse. He lied to me! Trouble, however, started immediately I got
pregnant. He started behaving funny, unlike the amiable Pastor I met sometime
back. At times, I would call him, but he wouldn’t pick or return my calls,” she
said with a soft chuckle that betrayed a mien of good breeding and humility. Her
expression soon dissolved into a sad look when she recalled the moment she gave
birth. ‘It dawned on me when I gave birth to our daughter that he was just a
player. Ever since I gave birth to Tioluwani Okotie (our daughter), Reverend
Chris has abandoned us in my family house in Opebi. It has not been...
easy at all
taking care of our daughter all alone,” she said in a pool of tears. Does he
send money for the child’s up-keep? “Money”?... Remi said questioningly. She said
further, “Whenever I call him that his daughter needs something, he will be
dribbling me, giving me one excuse or the other. I was highly disappointed when
I heard he eventually married Stephanie Henshaw, his late friend’s wife. He did
not marry me with all the things I have been through because of him.” We
visited the church and some church members who do not want their names to be
mentioned, confirmed that they have seen the little girl who shares a striking
resemblance with the Pastor. We further gathered that even at the children’s
church, people always gather to look at the girl and unconsciously wonder aloud
if she is for Reverend Chris or not.
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