This is a follow up to our statement from Saturday, April 13, following the disrupted wedding of Mr. Solomon Akiyesi to Ms. Uloma Agwu.
In light of the media mayhem that has erupted with tabloids spinning their own version of events, we find it necessary to make a final statement on the matter and hope that listening ears and hearts will understand the decisions we have made as a church.
Let’s start by addressing some of the rumours that have been perpetuated on several gossip blogs and tabloids.
Mr. Akiyesi is not a member of the Overcomers Church World Outreach. We heard no word of an existing marriage to Mrs. Lilian Akiyesi.
Many have pointed out that perhaps the Overcomers Church failed to do its due diligence in investigating Mr. Akiyesi thoroughly. We concede the point and will ensure that our Marriage Committee is equipped with a travel fund that will allow travel to visit with family members of engaged couples and ensure both the prospective brides and grooms are in fact who they say they are.
Ms. Uloma Agwu is a staunch member of the Overcomers Church. We regret that she was deceived by Mr. Akiyesi who lied, not only to her, but her family and Church as well. There is however no dishonesty on her part. She was unaware that a Mrs. Akiyesi already existed.
Furthermore, Ms. Agwu is not pregnant, as published by tabloids. That is a vicious lie that we hope to clear up.
No semblance of a wedding between her and Mr. Akiyesi took place at the Overcomers Church on Saturday. No vows were said, no rings exchanged and no marriage certificate handed out and the Church has NO INTENTION of endorsing such a union.
We respect the sanctity of Marriage at the Overcomers Church and will continue to uphold what is right and virtuous about the institution of marriage.
We do not endorse divorce and work instead to counsel troubled marriages and build stronger unions. Those who know us, know that.
Which brings us to the final misconception. The Overcomers Church does not fault Mrs. Lilian Akiyesi’s right to put a stop to a marriage that is not permissible in the eyes of the law and of God. As a matter of fact, we thank her for doing so and saving our sister, Ms. Agwu, from what would have been a disastrous union.
What we DO NOT endorse and will not stand for as a church is a group of people bringing a fight into the House of God. We will protect and defend our house of worship.
We learned that Mrs Akiyesi had arranged for police personnel days before the wedding and was already present at the Church hours before the wedding ceremony started. The right thing here would have been to alert church officials and present her case in a manner befitting a house of worship.
The wedding would not have taken place, and Mr. Akiyesi and his wife would have been sent along to sort out their lives together; which is what we have done now.
We strongly disapprove of the way Mrs. Akiyesi and her family and friends handled the matter. It brought shame to this house of worship. We also strongly abhor the actions Mr. Akiyesi, as well. His deception brought shame and disgrace, not only to the house of God, but also to his wife and Ms. Uloma Agwu.
Let us state in no uncertain terms, the relationship between Ms. Agwu and Mr. Akiyesi was dissolved yesterday afternoon after all the facts were brought to light.
We stand by our decision to pray for Mr. Akiyesi and Ms. Agwu following the ugly incident. No matter the wrongdoing, we commit all things into the hands of God, the ultimate judge. We will continue to support Ms. Agwu and pray for peace for all parties involved. We pray that God reaches into every heart and brings healing, so we can all move in our spiritual walk.
Thanks and have a blessed week!
Chika Moses
Media Representative
Overcomers Church World Outreach
216 comments:
«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 216 of 216@Annon April 16 4:34pm......will u shut ur mouth dere??? so lilian should fold her hands and watch her husband been joined to anoda woman??? am sure if she did u'll still be dere typing shit that she should have acted fast,,,,were u expecting God to come down from heaven and stop the wedding for her???did i hear u say innocent church??? what happened to their marriage committee??? what stopped them from making their investigations??? moreover she didnt touch the Pastor as u said,,,she only stopped the wedding.....abi pastor tell u say she beat am??? mtcheeeewwwww.
The pastor claimed he saw a vision the first time Solomon approached him of him living with a woman in a small place,,,,he claimed solomon didnt deny it but said the relationship wasnt existing anymore......i put it to u pastor,,,,As a man of God why didnt u act on ur vision/dream by seeking God's face instead of acting based on what solomon said??? Check ur ways pastor......Man fit lie,,only God can reveal every hidden secret and tell d truth!!!
I don't care what they say.
A church should not wed a divorcee, Simple. why will you deep your hand in such poison? You preach that what God has joined together let no man put apart till death. Yet all over the place, new generation Churches are wedding them in white dresses claiming the were already divorced from their wife. plzzz spare me.
I used to like Christ embassy but these same things have just made not trust many of these churches again.
Uloma is not from Owerri /ulakwo/Mbaise area.l know her very well.She knew this guy is married and she continued the relationship.The guy is a gold digger and uloma is very desperate to have warm body around her hence the fake relationship.Uloma is not pregnant and she's about 40 plus yrs.She has been on different relationships with men that would take her money and only to dump her.Poor girl welcome to naija world.Desperate men looking for cash madams.
SHAME ON EVERYONE WHO ABUSED A MAN OF GOD,ABUSED GOD HOUSE. HAVE YOU ALL SEEN THAT THIS LILLIAN IS EVEN WORSE THAN ULOMA. HER CHURCH WEDDED HER AND SOLOMON WHILE SOLOMON IS STILL MARRIED TO EZINNE. WHO IS THE THIEF NOW. MY DEAR FRIENDS LET ANYONE THAT KNOWS THIS LILLIAN TELL HER TO TENDER AN APOLOGY TO THE MAN OF GOD AND THE CHURCH OF GOD WHICH SHE KNOWING INSULTED, OR ELSE THIS IS JUST THE BEGINING OF HER WOES. MARK THIS WORD, MORE THINGS WILL EMERGE, AND EVERY ONE WHO EVER SUPPORTED LILLIAN WILL NOT ONLY HIDE THEIR FACE IN SHAME, BUT THEY WILL ALSO BE PARTAKERS IN HER WOES. IF EZINNE DID NOT DISGRACE HER, SHE HAS NO MORAL JUSTIFICATION TO DISGRACE ANOTHER AND SHE DID IT BECOS SHES THE REAL THIEF. I LEAVE U WITH A BIBLE PROVERB ABOUT A SERVANT WHO WAS FORGIVEN BY HIS DEBTORS BUT HE REFUSED TO FORGIVE HIS OWN CREDITORS.
@SLEEKREEK, its good to talk about what you have d fact. christ embassy did investigate and discovered that d man legally divorced her in Italy where the got married. get your fact right. and dont just talk becos you want to, talk becos you know the truth.
u open ur mouth and abuse a person created by God like dis, may d wrath and anger of GOD not locate you,
it baffles me how some nigerians think..any way what would you expect from someone who does not know God.... if there are christians who have made deregatory comments here against a man of God, i pity them. The issue here before the latest revelation came to light, was simply that this so called husband snatcher.. lilian, had over four working days to make a report to the church authorities, but she declined rather she opted to disgrace the body of christ, becos of deep rooted anger and animosity between she and solomon, which clearly shows that they had serious marital issues before this whole saga played out..Nigerians the sanctity of the muslim place of worship can never be defiled in this manner assuming related issues occured, but its easy for our christian brothers and sisters to do same to its own place of worship.we have totally lost that respect for Gods place of abode, lilian fought against God and not man.. people who gave examples with christ embassy, should investigate that matter properly, cause christ embassy investigated, and found out that the man in question had divorced the previous wife properly overseas before marrying mercy johnson.. as much as lilian was hurt, if truely she was, she should have made a responsible presentation, bearing in mind that she also snatched another womans husband in a cold blooded way.. what goes around comes around.. what say you people, who have cursed and abused a man of God who acted based on the information on hand, and even refused to wed this two people...the judgement of an ordained man of God good or bad, is with the almighty God, and not with man... for those of you who have ran your mouths like tap water, i suggest you post an appology to that man of God, cause he caused lilian, because of the disrespect of the house of God, and not for any support whats so ever for the actions of solomon. What would you people say about the church that weded lilian and solomon? i guess they have not been killed.. yet you condemn and cause a church that did not eventually wed them... what would you say about solomons first wife? she never embarrased the body of christ, when this snatcher of a fake lady took her husband from her, but now God fights for her.. Becarefull what you say with your mouth, cause the bible clearly states that it is not what goes into you that defiles you, but what comes out of you... And finally you who sat back and caused the daughter of this man of God must be a traitor, you even know her name i guess you must be close to them or your just a sunday sunday church goer,, you indirectly caused your self.. read what happened to judas in the bible thats exactly what you have invoked on your self.. BECAREFUL WHAT YOU SAY NIGERIANS, dont just open your mouth because you want to talk...
dont just open your mouth and show your stupidity and lack of inteligence in d public. who goes to d media and announce a wedding. as long as u support evil, it will never depart from you, and your own day of woe is fast approaching
you are truly from d devil himself, i just pray God will forgive you. and whenu start reaping d evil your mouth will cause you, please dont forget where its coming from
which lillian is poor? you mean d one that went ahead and married Ezinnes husband?, d one that stole another womans husband?, please spare me. God is not mocked for what ever you sow, so you shall reap
please ask GOD to forgive you first
mark your comment and watch
pray d wrath of God does not befall you, go and check your fact before u open your mouth
thank God u know u have no right to talk ill about a man of God, so please pray for forgiveness
well its quite disheartening that the both parties are my good pals. infact i was shocked when the news came to my hearing. people called me even from overseas because they new how close i was to the supposed couple. thank God i did not attend the wedding even though i arrived lagos that very day, to my my supprise one of the callers who happens to be my cousin asked me if was among the groom men. in all we give God thanks that the devils plan was not accomplished he will forever remain a failure. as for ms uloma fondly called personal person i pray that God almighty strenghtens her yet the more cos i've known to be very brave heartened, to the church i say keep on upholding the truth. Enyinnaya..
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