Anita finalises divorce from Chris Oyakhilome

… Reverts to maiden name
By Chinelo Obogo
Wife of Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, founder of
Christ Embassy Church, Anita, has finalised
divorce proceedings in the United Kingdom.

According to a statement released on the
website of her United Kingdom-based
solicitors, Attwaters Jameson Hill solicitors
(www.attwatersjamesonhill.co.uk), the
divorce proceedings were finalised on
February 8, 2016
The statement reads: “We have been
requested by Anita Oyakhilome to confirm
that on February 8, 2016 a decree absolute
was pronounced in the High Court of
Justice Principal Registry of the Family
Division dissolving her marriage to Christian
Onehirokpeana Oyakhilome. Anita
Oyakhilome would like to confirm that she
is no longer involved in or part of Christ
Embassy always known as Believers
Loveworld Inc.”

News broke in 2014 that Anita reportedly
made the first move to severe ties from her
estranged husband by filing for divorce in a
London court citing irreconcilable
differences as reason for her decision.
Following the controversy, the ministry
pulled down her profile from the church’s
website, and her name was conspicuously
missing from ‘Rhapsody of Realities’, a
devotional she co-authored with her
husband for many years.
Anita, who later took to blogging, wrote on
her self-titled blog, www.pastoranita.org,
messages which suggested that her
marriage to the pastor was rocky and
abusive.

One of the messages, posted shortly after
the controversy broke reads in part: “My
story is not one of a bed of roses. Far from
it but, I had a choice to either beat myself
over the regret of tolerating abuse for so
long or put a stop to the abuse and
recreate my life for the best. My journey
was not in vain. I can now help others
realise that their situation does not define
them. In order to move on with life, I have
come to realise that nothing is permanent.

Your problem is not permanent; you can do
something to change it by ensuring you do
not allow the situation or the person make
your life miserable.”

Anita and Chris were married in 1991 and
have two daughters.

She has since reverted to her maiden
name: Anita Ebhodaghe