Just when the new couple was settling to a new life, a certain Remi
Odutola emerged from the blues alleging that she has a 9-year-old girl
for the man of God. While her assertions beggar belief, the tall and
delicately slim lady averred that she’s Reverend Chris’ secret wife.
Hear her, “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 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 and opened a whirlpool
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.
We tried to confirm this story from this abundantly
brilliant man of God to confirm the veracity of the story, but all
efforts to reach him proved abortive.
