Why Doris Ogala was remanded — Chris Okafor’s lawyer explains

Ife Ajayi, lawyer to Chris Okafor, founding father of the Mountain of Liberation and Miracle Ministry, has defined why a court docket despatched the actress Doris Ogala to the Ikoyi Custodial Centre in Lagos.

PREMIUM TIMES reported that the Federal High Court in Lagos remanded Ms Ogala in a case involving her and Mr Okafor. The dispute between them began in December 2025, when the actress accused the cleric of wrecking her life after he did not marry her.

Mr Ajayi, of Sovereignty LP, informed this newspaper on Thursday that the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation arraigned Ms Ogala on three counts earlier than Justice Akintayo Aluko. Ms Ogala is the African Action Congress (AAC) candidate for governor of Abia State within the forthcoming election.

Mr Ajayi stated: “Since last year, different formations have called this lady (Doris Ogala) to buttress her allegations. She has failed to buttress those allegations. Rather, she will be making demands, and at some point my client (Chris Okafor) says I have nothing to do with you anymore, and you cannot be making demands, and there is no way on God’s green earth he would comply with any of your demands.” Then she goes again to the media and continues to amplify all manners of lies.

“It got to a level that the police were done with their reports, they sent it to the appropriate authority, the appropriate authorities went through it and felt indeed there is grounds for charges to be brought against this individual. These charges were then filed and sent to the Federal Court. They sent an invitation to Doris about twice. She failed to respond and came for a hearing. She would make allegations that she’s sick.”

The lawyer stated investigators seemed into her claims and located that lots of the hospitals and amenities she informed the court docket had been treating her both turned her away or had no affected person registered underneath that title.

“Two days later you’ll see Doris Ogala on her social media posts you recognize within the marketing campaign rally dragging and shouting in every single place. She by no means knew that the authorities and the prosecuting businesses had been taking notes of all of this.

“So when people told her she had to appear before the court this time around she thereafter came and charges were read to her. I think about three charges.”

Bail listening to

Furthermore, Mr Ajayi stated the actress would stay in custody till Friday, when the court docket would hear and decide her bail utility over allegations of cyberbullying, cyberstalking and tried extortion involving Mr Okafor.

He added that Ms Ogala had challenged the court docket, insisting that it should hear her facet and arguing that it had no proper to intervene in a dispute between her and the person she described as her boyfriend.

“There had been submissions that they might relatively take her on bail. Her lawyer personally wished to take her however the court docket declined on the bottom that there was nothing enough earlier than the court docket to grant that oral utility. Then the court docket adjourned until Friday, 30 of October for listening to of all pending purposes and for the prosecuting authority to reply.

“You will be surprised that as soon as the court thereafter told them that procedurally she needs to be held in remand pending Friday where you will grant an accelerated hearing of terms and bail application. She started ranting. Out of irritation, all the lawyers and audience in the court were so displeased with her”, stated Mr Ajayi.

According to Mr Ajayi, the court docket acted appropriately by adjourning the case. He stated Ms Ogala’s lawyer appeared disenchanted in her after witnessing her behaviour as he ready to safe her bail.

“Johnson Suleiman, Jerry Eze, others are innocent”

Mr Ajayi additionally informed this newspaper that Johnson Suleman, the senior pastor and common overseer of Omega Fire Ministries International, and Jerry Eze, the founder and lead pastor of Streams of Joy International and convener of New Season Prophetic Prayers and Declarations (NSPPD), had no involvement in Ms Ogala’s remand, opposite to the actress’s allegations. He stated the identical utilized to the opposite people she accused.

Mr Ajayi acknowledged that Ms Ogala thought of herself above the legislation or believed she might get away together with her actions with some type of help. He confused that Nigerians couldn’t construct a society the place folks acted with out restraint and escaped accountability.

He famous, “She insisted she wasn’t going to go away till she noticed that she had no selection however to adjust to the authorities that had been going to lawfully take her and restrain her and take her into lawful custody. Then she left. Even whereas leaving you’ll be able to see she was making allegations that it’s Jerry Eze, it’s Alex Otti, it’s this, it’s that.Knowing totally properly that each one these people you might be simply maligning, disreputing don’t have anything to do together with your scenario.

“She continued to conduct herself in a manner whereby it became imperative for the courts or for the authorities to rein her in. Now this is where it gets interesting. She would not tell you that part that there is what they call decorum, the way you conduct yourself in a court of law. When you conduct yourself in a manner whereby it brings disrepute or you conduct yourself in a manner that is disrespectful of the court.”

Content of court docket

Furthermore, Mr Ajayi accused Ms Ogala of disregarding court docket orders, describing such conduct as a legal act.

He stated Ms Ogala behaved as if she had been above the legislation and past accountability.

“The benefit of legislation is that the hand of the legislation could be very affected person and in due time would maintain you accountable. She has not performed herself in such a approach that there’s contempt within the face of the court docket and I depart that to my lord to determine and my lord will determine if he certainly would insist or would penalise her for that conduct and that is what I preserve saying. Even when you take a look at the conduct and the best way she performed herself in that court docket yesterday, that may provide you with an perception into the character of this type of particular person.

“Everybody in that court felt my Lord, Justice Aluko was very honourable and very considerate of the situation but then she felt she must always have her way and this I would tell you is the way she had conducted herself in all police invitations during interrogation and all.”

Allegations denial

Mr Ajayi additionally stated the actress had denied making the allegations in opposition to his consumer, regardless of overwhelming proof that she made the statements.

“Those utterances, these issues she was saying, the axta on the station, that’s true. She denied them however but you held the ring mild, held digital camera, held cellphone and began disparaging and you recognize the smear marketing campaign over this particular person, in opposition to this individual was so extreme that in some unspecified time in the future I started to really feel like isn’t there anyone that may name her or put her into order. Doris Ogala has been somebody that has performed herself in a really illegal and in a really disappointing method.

“This thing about social media, if not curtailed or regulated, will set the country ablaze or will set the world ablaze. She lives in a world of her own whereby she believes that whatever she says or does is law. What is her allegation basically? Her allegation is that she was dating the pastor, the pastor promised to marry and thereafter the man failed to marry her and consequently upon that failure, the man must either die, must be jailed or must be destroyed or must be this or must be that.”

Ogala’s lawyer speaks

Meanwhile, Ms Ogala’s lawyer, Nzeakor Atulomah, managing accomplice at Synergy Law Partners, informed this newspaper in an interview on Thursday that his consumer had nothing to show earlier than the court docket.

Reacting to Mr Ajayi’s comment about Ms Ogala’s denial of the allegations in opposition to Mr Okafor, Mr Atulomah stated the court docket had not requested anybody to supply proof throughout Wednesday’s listening to. He defined that the proceedings centred on the arraignment.

He added that the prosecution would bear the duty of proving the fees in opposition to his consumer when it opens its case.

Ms Ogala’s lawyer stated: “Number one, it is a legal case, and it’s he who alleges who should show. My consumer has nothing to show. It is the prosecution, which introduced her to court docket, that has all the pieces to show. So, it’s not my consumer who will show something. It is the state. It is the Federal Republic of Nigeria, represented by the general public prosecutors, that may show all of the allegations contained within the cost in opposition to my consumer.

“The matter was scheduled for arraignment yesterday. Arraignment simply means that the charges will be read to the defendant, who will plead guilty or not guilty. Not guilty, and that is it. Then we begin to talk about bail applications and all of that, resulting in the remand you spoke about. My client has absolutely nothing to prove. So, anybody who tells you otherwise is either being very cheaply silly or is completely illiterate.”

“I am not aware”

Mr Atulomah confirmed that the court docket had adjourned the case till Friday to listen to the bail utility.

He stated he was unaware of any allegations by his consumer that Mr Otti, Mr Eze, Mr Suleman and others had been chargeable for her remand.

“I am not aware of that. I do not know whether she made those allegations or whether they are true or not true.”

He urged the general public to chorus from spreading rumours concerning the ongoing case.

He additionally referred to as on media organisations to hunt clarification, keep away from sensational reporting and guarantee their stories remained factual.