One Pastor CC Israel has disclosed on Facebook that he was a member and a voluntary usher of Prophet Odumeje’s church in the early 2000s.
Prophet Odumeje, whose real name is Chukwuemeka Ohanaemere, is the founder of Mountain of Holy Ghost Intervention Deliverance Ministry, a church located in Anambra, and is famed for his rib-cracking displays during his services.
Israel said that at the time, he was an evangelist who had returned to Nigeria after being away for five years and needed a ministry to identify with.
The cleric noted that Odumeje saw Reverend Chris Oyakhilome as his model and frequently wore white suits, styled his hair, and mimicked him during ministrations like the president of LoveWorld Incorporated.
He said Odumeje was a gentle preacher then and not ‘this rascal’.
He wished Odumeje had continued how he was, mimicking Rev Chris, but admitted that he might not have discovered his humorous side if he had stayed that way.
While keeping mum on his reason for leaving Odumeje’s church, Israel funnily said that singer Flavour should be held responsible if Odumeje leaves the ministry later.
Israel’s now-deleted Facebook post read:
“Things you didn’t know about me! “Did you know, I was one of the members at Odumeje ministry in Onitsha in the early 2000s?
“I was actually one of the ushers, on a voluntary basis. “I was an evangelist and had just returned to Nigeria after being away for 5 years and needed a ministry to identify with.
“Odumeje ministry, Mountain of Holy Ghost intervention and Deliverance ministry was very close to Anthony Fride compound in St John’s Street Odoakpu Onitsha, off Bida road where I stayed at the time, so I had to attend. I didn’t know anything about him. The ministry was just very close to where I stayed.
“In those days, he frequently dressed in white suits with white shoes, because he was modeling himself after Rev Chris Oyakkilome. He would style his hair and mimick Rev Chris’s accent while preaching, often with one hand in his pocket. “The Odumeje I knew wasn’t this rascal.
“He was very gentle while preaching, just like Pastor Chris. “Then during the deliverance session, he would flip his legs like Pastor Chris, and next thing you know…piam… people are falling everywhere,. like a pack of cards.
“I really wish he had stayed with the Pastor Chris style, even though this comedy part of him wouldn’t have been discovered.
“It wasn’t long before I left, especially when he started looking at me one kind during some of his preaching.🤦🤦. “Don’t ask me why I left because I don’t even know 😝😝. “On the other hand, if Odumeje later leaves the ministry, hold Flavour responsible…..lol.”
