Lawyers to Pastor Dr. Chris Okafor, the Senior Pastor of Mountain of Liberation and Miracle Ministries, also known as Grace Nation Liberation City, have alleged that social media influencer Martins Vincent Otse, widely known as VeryDarkMan, alongside a woman identified as Miss Chi, are behind an alleged coordinated cyber smear campaign involving incitement, bullying, harassment, stalking, criminal defamation, and malicious impersonation targeted at the cleric.

Addressing journalists at a press briefing held in Owerri on December 24, 2025, Okafor’s legal team led by Barr Maxwell Opara said the alleged acts were carried out across multiple digital platforms with the intention of damaging Okafor’s reputation, inciting public hostility, and undermining his ministry.

Opara said that the current controversy followed earlier incidents of alleged cyber bullying and defamatory publications linked to one Doris Ogala and others, matters which he said are already before relevant law enforcement agencies.

The legal team noted that Okafor deliberately refrained from engaging publicly on those claims in order to allow investigations to proceed without interference.

He expressed concern that while those issues remain unresolved, a fresh wave of allegations emerged online, featuring interviews and commentaries presenting a woman who identifies herself as Miss Chi Okafor as the biological daughter of the pastor, alongside claims that he abandoned his family and failed in his parental responsibilities.

According to him, Okafor has categorically denied the allegations, describing them as false, malicious, misleading, and gravely defamatory. They said the pastor would ordinarily ignore what they described as the antics of “jobless agents of destruction,” but chose to address the paternity allegation directly to correct the public record.

The lawyer disclosed that a formal warning letter has been issued to VeryDarkMan, accusing him of persistently using platforms including Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube to harass, defame, and incite the public against the pastor, while allegedly issuing threats under the guise of activism aimed at destroying his person and ministry.

He questioned the ethics of publishing and amplifying an interview with a woman allegedly impersonating Okafor’s daughter without first seeking his response, describing the action as reckless, unprofessional, and driven by the pursuit of online engagement, based on the assumption that the cleric would remain silent.

Providing what he described as the factual background, the lawyer said that during the early years of Okafor’s pastoral journey, a woman approached him claiming to be pregnant for him. He said the pastor accepted responsibility and married her, but the marriage later became troubled by conduct he described as inconsistent with the expectations of a preacher’s household.

He further alleged that the situation worsened when the woman became pregnant again and, during a period when Okafor was kidnapped and held in captivity for about 50 days, she denied knowing him when contacted by his abductors for ransom. According to the lawyer, funds raised by Okafor’s extended family for his release were allegedly handed to her but diverted, while the pastor eventually regained his freedom without her assistance.

Following his release, the lawyer said disputes intensified, during which the woman allegedly questioned the paternity of the children herself. He said Okafor subsequently demanded DNA tests, the results of which reportedly confirmed that neither of the two children was biologically his.

The lawyer claimed that the DNA certificate remains in the possession of the woman and challenged her to make it public, insisting that the findings led to the dissolution of the marriage and a complete severance of personal ties, with the woman leaving with the children.

He added that despite the DNA outcome, Okafor continued to support the children’s education and welfare strictly on humanitarian grounds, including assisting them in their academic and career pursuits in Canada and the United Kingdom. He stressed that such support should not be misconstrued as an admission of paternity.

He maintained that any public claim suggesting that the pastor abandoned a spouse or biological children is false, misleading, and defamatory, adding that the continued portrayal of the individuals as Okafor’s biological children constitutes gross misrepresentation and cyber bullying.

Opara demanded the immediate retraction of all alleged false and defamatory statements, public apologies in two national newspapers, the removal of all related online content, and a complete cessation of any claims of familial ties with the pastor, warning that failure to comply would leave their client with no option but to pursue all available legal remedies to protect his reputation, integrity, and ministry.