According to Punch Newspaper,Bessem Okafor, the estranged wife of the
pastor of Mountain of Liberation Miracles Ministires, Dr. Chris Okafor,
has accused her husband of beating her up at their home in Magodo,
Lagos.
Bessem who left her home in 2012, said
she had, a few weeks ago, gone to visit her four children who were in
the custody of their father.
fter school hours by 5pm. I went to the house at the appointed
time, but my children were not there.
“I had to wait outside in the compound
until 10pm before my husband arrived; the children were not with him.
They were later brought home by the driver about 12am. By then it was
clear I couldn’t leave again, I had to spend the night.
“The following morning, I bathed and
dressed them for school. They pleaded with me to stay back until they
returned and since I hardly spent time with them the day before, I
agreed.”
A few hours after her children had left
for school, Bessem received a phone call from Chris who had also left
the house. He allegedly questioned her presence in the house and ordered
her to leave.
When Bessem insisted on staying till her
children returned from school, Chris allegedly sent a policeman who was
part of his entourage to the house.
She said, “The policeman told me to
leave the house. At that time, I was wearing only my dress. I had washed
my undies and spread them to dry since I didn’t come with extra.
“I told the policeman that I would leave
after my children returned from school. Later, Chris came in and on
seeing me, he started beating me and dragged me out of the house.”
She said some policemen came to arrest her, but could not go with them because her clothes were torn.
The following day after making a
complaint of assault at the Isheri Police Division, she was hospitalised
at the Solid Rock Hospital, in the Ojodu/Berger area.
A copy of her medical report made available to PUNCH Metro said Bessem was brought in for treatment after a brawl with her spouse.
My question is why would a man of God subject his wife to such ridicule?
