“The attention of our client, Rev. Chris Oyakhilome, and the church has been drawn to the wave of false, malicious and fabricated stories being published in the print and electronic media about his person, the church and a matrimonial cause between him and his wife," his attorney stated.

Sharply criticizing the recent coverage of the divorce proceedings, which the statement did not refute, the release claimed that publishers went so far as to fabricate claims that he had committed adultery against his wife, Anita. These contradict her claims that the leader of Christ Embassy Church had indeed been unfaithful during their "terribly degenerated" marriage, something she disclosed through counsel to Premium Times earlier Wednesday.

Characterizing the media's coverage of his wife's efforts to divorce him as “complete distortion of the facts in the pending proceedings in the United Kingdom”, the statement cited the coverage as "selfishly motivated" for political and financial advantage.

Oyakhilome's counsel further said the media's coverage was engineered to bring him and the church shame and ridicule, though his wife was the person who aired the allegations against him. Earlier today, Wednesday, Mrs. Oyakhilome even told Premium Times, through counsel, that the marriage had "terribly degenerated".

The statement also acknowledged freedom of the press, but quite contradictorily cautioned that further action will be taken to safeguard the image of the church and the pastor if coverage continued. "Be warned therefore that unless the concerned media houses desist from further publishing words and stories which are false and damaging of our client’s reputation and the church, we shall, without further recourse to the concerned publishers, promptly embark on appropriate legal machinery with a view to protecting our client’s reputation and that of the church."

hardywaltz: Make una leave this man alone naa, make him fit sort himself out and perhaps reconcile with Anita.

drsteroid: Hmmn..journalists and amebo

simpleseyi: My friend Pastor, you better go and take alomo, origin and koboko, then cool down for Jesus. When journalists were reporting and promoting your staged and 419 miracles, you did not tell them to mind their business. This your church business is everybody's business, so we are all minding the business.

Imaging all these yellow half unclad babes for you alone , your wife said that you have been jumping to bed with them all, while single poor guys are left in the cold . I am jealous of you joor. Now, it is time for the consequences of your bed actions with the half unclad ladies that flock your church.

gift01: Still beats me why you hardly find the elderly there. I like that church but na PG18 be most of their programmes

lonelydora: Journalists! He's simply telling you people to FACE YOUR WORK

texaco1: The only way to make the press keep shut is not by threatening them ,but is by keeping shut urself and making sure you don't have ur dirty linen been washed in public. Once a news about u go public ,u can't stop the press from talking about it

99100: He should blame his wife and not the media. But first he must also blame himself for choosing to marry nwayí-ucha.

Kx: Hm, Rhapsody of Realities!