Lagos CP orders SCID to probe Pastor Okafor over sex scandal allegations

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Olohundare Jimoh, has directed the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti, to probe multiple sexual allegations levelled against the Senior Pastor of the Mountain of Liberation and Miracles Ministries, Chris Okafor.

This comes following growing outrage generated by the viral allegations circulating on social media in recent days.

It was gathered that the embattled cleric stepped down from pastoral duties on New Year’s Day as the allegations escalated, with several women, including Nollywood actress Doris Ogala, coming forward with different narrations against him.

Okafor had publicly apologised to Ogala during a church service, where he knelt on the pulpit, admitted to past “mistakes,” and sought forgiveness.

The development follows his wedding to a new bride, identified simply as Pearl, on December 16, 2025, an event attended by prominent clerics.

The spokesperson for the Lagos State Police Command, Abimbola Adebisi, had on Friday in an interview with PUNCH stated that the police could not arrest the embattled pastor because there was no formal petition from any of the alleged victims.

Adebisi said she was not aware of any complaints against Okafor, despite the swirling allegations on social media.

However, the police spokesperson on Sunday said the CP had ordered the SCID to invite the cleric for questioning and summon the alleged victims for interviews.

“The CP has directed the SCID to invite the pastor for investigation, despite the fact that no one has formally come forward to report,” the Lagos PPRO told PUNCH Online.

She added that the CP also ordered that witnesses be brought forward to provide statements that would assist the investigation.

The Police Spokesman further disclosed that, on her personal initiative, she had reached out to one of the YouTubers who interviewed the alleged victims to obtain direct links to the witnesses.