Overcomers World Outreach, the church where Nollywood actor, Solomon Akiyesi attempted to marry another while still legally married, has responded to the incident that happened yesterday. See their statement below, written by Chika Moses, who is a journalist and the daughter of Bishop N.E. Moses, the General Overseer of the Overcomers Church.
What was meant to be a day of celebration – the wedding ceremony of one of our members Uloma Agwu to Mr. Solomon Akiyesi at the Overcomers Church World Outreach in Aguda – was sullied by an ugly incident. Immediately following the praise and worship session and before the officiating commenced, a woman who claims to be the lawful wife of the groom disrupted the ceremony. She was accompanied by people who sought only to wreck havoc in the church. They were unruly and violent.
We regret the ugly series of events that followed this brash display. At the Overcomers Church, we do our due diligence to ensure a couple set to wed is right in the eyes of the law and in the eyes of God. To the best of our knowledge, Mr. Akiyesi, was unmarried. The Overcomers Church World Outreach regrets that the woman who disrupted the wedding chose such a time to do so. There is no ideal situation here, but it would have been right that she bring the case before church officials in a manner befitting a house of worship. This was not the case.
The groom, Mr. Akiyesi, has apologized to the Church, his bride-to-be, Ms. Agwu, and family and friends that gathered for the wedding. “This happened because I tried to cut corners,” he said. He admits he did not properly dissolve his previous marriage to his first wife and says he is determined to do what is necessary to rectify the awful situation. We apologize for the ugly scene this caused at our Church and apologize to those who witnessed it. It is not exemplary behavior and not who we are as a Church.
The General Overseer of the Overcomers Church World Outreach, Bishop N.E. Moses, addressed the congregation after order was restored.
Bishop Moses prayed for the couple, Mr. Akiyesi and Ms. Agwu, but he did not legally wed them – no documents were signed so as not to disobey the law. Mr. Solomon Akiyesi and Ms Uloma Agwu will not be legally joined together until the matter is properly settled by lawful authorities.
Our Bishop has urged us to take a lesson from this and be careful of the decisions we make in life, so the consequences don’t hurt us in the future. It is a lesson we take well.
We stand by Ms. Agwu. She has been a dedicated member of the church and we will continue to support her and Mr. Akiyesi. It is our hope and prayer that in all of this, God is glorified and His house of worship above reproach.
Chika Moses
Media Representative,
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Overcomer should settle the man with his first wife.
ReplyDeleteOvercomer should settle the man with his first wife.
ReplyDeleteOvercomers church shouldn't encourage divorce and settle the man with his wife. If it was his wife that was a member of overcomers church, will they be happy if the man divorces his wife? Will they encourage it? So I feel the church should do the proper thing and tell the concubine that God will give her her own husband.
ReplyDeleteSounds like the church is very eager for the dissolution of the man's marriage & do not see anything wrong in him remarrying just like that. Divorce does not seem to make them unhappy or uncomfortable...how sad. I pity the sister Uloma as she is setting herself up for a sad future marrying someone else's husband with the wife heavily pregnant! A man of questionable xter since he hid the truth... We shall see
ReplyDeleteDo they marry divorcees in Overcomers now? Or is it their stock-in-trade?
ReplyDeletehaba, what does this church preach, light or darkness? God's word or Men's? pls overcomers church should suspend Uloma rather than encouraging her in destroying what God has joined together. pls discourage fornication in your church if it is truely a church of God.
ReplyDelete@ 10.36pm and what happens to the Nkita called Solomon?
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