Dare Babalola
Senior Pastor of the Mountain of Liberation and Miracles Ministries, Chris Okafor, on Sunday publicly apologised to Nollywood actress Doris Ogala, kneeling before his congregation as he sought forgiveness for past “mistakes.”
The apology comes amid a heated public feud that has dominated social media, with Ogala accusing Okafor of an affair, broken marriage promises, sharing explicit content, and offering her $10,000 to retract claims that she was hired by rival pastors to defame him.
Delivering a Sunday sermon, the pastor said, “Listen, we’re not joining issues. Mistakes have been made in the past, and I tender an apology to everybody.
“I am sorry to everyone I have offended, to Doris Ogala also. I say sorry and apologise to everyone that I’ve offended.”
Okafor reiterated his willingness to make amends, saying, “I’m ready to make a restitution to anyone, anybody, any lady I have offended. I am sorry. Forgive me.”
Acknowledging his imperfections, he added, “Not perfect, I’ve never been perfect.”
The pastor then knelt before the church, a gesture that drew cheers from the congregation, as he continued, “I’m kneeling down before everyone and before the church. Forgive me. You can judge me. Pray for me.”
The pastor, however, insisted that all what the actress said were not true saying, the allegations contained “so many lies”.
Responding, Ogala, in a video on Instagram, said she has forgiven the cleric but disagrees with his claim that her allegations were lies.
The actress shared a video of the apology on her Instagram page, accompanied by message rejecting part of the pastor’s statement.
“Chris Okafor, I forgive you, but there’s a problem. Where you said everything is a lie, I have a problem with that because I don’t lie,” she wrote.
The apology comes days after Ogala was released from police custody, where she spent two days following her arrest over allegations involving Okafor.
She regained her freedom on Monday, December 22, 2025, after being arrested on Saturday, a development that sparked widespread reactions online, with many Nigerians calling for her release.
The controversy began weeks earlier after a video of Okafor’s engagement to another woman surfaced online see.
Following the video, Ogala alleged that she had been in a romantic relationship with the cleric since 2017, claiming she left her previous marriage at his insistence.
She accused Okafor of betrayal after years of intimacy and assurances of marriage and later issued an ultimatum demanding that he either marry her or financially compensate her by purchasing a house.
Despite her claims, images from Okafor’s white wedding and traditional marriage ceremonies later emerged online, further fuelling the dispute.
The situation escalated again when Ogala posted, and later deleted, an image purportedly showing Okafor in a private bedroom setting, topless with a towel wrapped around his waist.
