Doris Ogala: Pastor Okafor laments ordeal, blasts bloggers, influencers

By Adekunle Williams

Dr Chris Okafor, the founding Pastor of the Mountain of Liberation and Miracle Ministry has said the Nigerian government must find a way to safeguard the country internet space, to ensure that innocent citizens do not get shattered over lies concocted to demean their image.

Okafor said this in reaction to claim by Nollywood actress, Doris Ogala accused Okafor, that he ha a long-term affair with her and broke a promise to marry her.

The actress also accused the pastor of murdering her brother and also burying the head of a murdered unidentified person at his altar, in his church, located in Ojodu area of the state.

The accusation was made by the Nollywood actress in November 2025 after new broke that Pastor Okafor is getting married to a lady in her church.

However, Ogala followed up with different allegations against the Okafor that were feasted on in the social media by bloggers and other influencers.

But Speaking at a news conference on Thursday in Lagos, Pastor Okafor decried what he described as cyber bullying, and sought for regulation of the nation’s cyberspace.

He said he called the press conference express his displeasure with most bloggers and online influencers in Nigeria.

“All these began after my plans to remarry was leaked by our wedding planner. All hell broke loose and everyone tries to cash in on it,” Okafor said as he claimed that bloggers and influencers were all bullying him on an allegation without evidence or hearing from him.

“It is so sad that most of the so called influencers we have, often connived with people to come up with fabulous lies to attract traffic to their blogs.

“Many Nigerians have suffered and are still suffering from the lies of bloggers and most often, they get away with it after destroying the image of their targets.

“Very few times, some of the influencers were arrested and dragged to court but 90 per cent of them often go free for far fetched lies against people.

He urged the cyber police to do more in tracing internet offences and fishing out offenders.

Recalling his ordeal, Okafor lamented that majority of bloggers and some Nigerians failed to ask the necessary questions on the allegation.

“The same person who accused me of murder is the same person crying that I want to abandon her and marry someone else. How could she want to marry someone who allegedly killed her brother?.

“There is so much about the matter than meets the ordinary eye, and so many unanswered questions and glaring lies.

“The allegations were coming from a woman I never met. Then my ex wife joined and came up with my allegedly trying to defile one of our daughters.

“The same ex wife and daughter have gone to a popular blogger to ask that I pay for their school fees and upkeep abroad of about N80 million. The same father trying to defile them? Which woman will do that.

” In our divorce proceedings in 2014, which I instituted at an Ikeja court, the reasons on the document were infidelity, violence, lack of love and the marriage was dissolved for irreconcilable differences.

“At no point during the proceedings did my ex wife mention I was trying to defile our daughter. The court awarded me custody of our children, and no one queried those allegations!

“If as a pastor I can survive these lies, what happens to an average Nigerian?”

Okafor reassured his members and Nigerians that the truth would eventually unfold, assuring that truth must prevail and offenders would not go unpunished.

“In the 55 years of my existence on earth, I have never been arrested for any crime or offence. It is so sad how far people can go to destroy,” he added. (NAN)