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Apostle Chikere’s Ex Husband, Pastor Martins Accuses Her Of Forgery, Fund Diversion, death threat
By Francesca Hangeior
A Lagos-based cleric and founder of Heaven’s Gateway Ministries, Apostle Chikere Nwafor, has been accused by her ex-husband, Pastor Martin Ugbulu, of alleged forgery, financial fraud, and pl0tting ag@inst his life, following a protracted dispute over church funds and jointly owned properties in Nigeria and the United Kingdom.
Pastor Martin alleged that his ex wife, Apostle Chikere c0lluded with a surveyor to forge property documents in a bid to take sole ownership of a house they jointly built at Amen Estate, Lagos.
Martin claimed he only discovered that his name was omitted from the property documents when he arrived in Nigeria in November 2024, despite fully funding the house alongside his former wife.
“I trusted her completely because we were married. In marriage, one plus one is one. I had no idea she had criminal intentions to rob me of my investments in Nigeria,” he said.
Beyond the Lagos property, Martin accused the cleric of diverting large sums of money from church transactions in the UK into her personal account.
He alleged that while managing Heaven’s Gateway Ministries in London, she collected at least £100,000 in deposits from two different churches interested in purchasing the ministry’s building, including Church of God Mission, but failed to refund the money when the deals collapsed.
“To show you the kind of criminal behaviour involved, when the church in London was being set up, I helped her to purchase the building. I handled the mortgage process and all related matters.
“After the church started, membership began to dwindle. She became worried and said we might not be able to maintain the building or keep up with the mortgage payments. I suggested that we focus on Nigeria instead and sell the London property.
“We attempted to sell it. I contacted an agent friend who advertised the property. The Church of God Mission, the late Archbishop Idahosa’s church, expressed interest through their resident pastor in London, Pastor Obinna Madubuko. They paid a £50,000 holding deposit toward the purchase.
“By law, because we were a registered charity, such funds should have been kept with the agent or, at worst, paid into the church’s charity account for accountability. Instead, she bulli£d the agent into transferring the money into her personal UK bank account,” he said.
Martin told SaharaReporters that when the buyers could not complete the purchase due to mortgage issues, she insisted that the entire £50,000 should be forfeited.
“I told her this was not done anywhere. At most, a £10,000 penalty, maybe £20,000, would have been reasonable. I refunded £30,000 to them myself. She refused to refund the remaining amount and has still not done so to this day,” he said.
“Later, a pastor named Richard, a Ghanaian pastor at Winners Chapel in London, became involved. He was the same pastor who officiated our wedding. He introduced a fellow Ghanaian prophet as a potential buyer. She again collected £50,000 from this man into her personal account.
“She misled him by claiming that the building’s planning use could easily be converted. Initially, it was under D1 use, which allowed conversion to a church, school, or hospital. Later, it changed to F1, which has stricter classifications. Many boroughs do not allow ordinary commercial buildings to be converted into churches.
“I personally worked with the planning department at Bexley Council, had several meetings with the department head, and learned that they disliked the word “church.” I renamed it “Fellowship,” and that was how we succeeded. However, the Ghanaian pastor insisted on calling it a church and eventually asked for a refund,” Martin stated.
Martin noted that Chikere took both his money and the Church of God Mission’s money to Nigeria and refunded no one.
Martin said, “With no buyers left, the only option was to lease the building. She lied to everyone, including the trustees, that the people I brought (RCCG) were paying £6,000 monthly. That was false. They have been paying her £10,000 monthly, which continues to this day. She then disappeared to Nigeria with the money.
“In addition, there was another smaller building. Someone gave us the remainder of a 13-year lease at no cost. I renovated that building at my own expense. I charged her nothing. I also renovated the larger building without charging her, believing we were one.”
Martin told SaharaReporters that before he travelled to Nigeria, he secured a white woman who runs karaoke and exercise classes for retirees.
He said, “We agreed on £3,000 monthly rent. All these payments go directly to Chikere. Nothing is accounted for or shared. That property costs us nothing; it was given to us free under the remaining lease.
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Bring Your Children Back To Nigeria To Lead Your “Operation Wetie,” South-West PDP Tells Makinde
The South West chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has told the Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, to ensure that all his children come back to Nigeria, from where they are schooling abroad to be part of the “operation wetie” (Political Violence) that he preached in Ibadan today.
Makinde had invoked the violent political history of “Operation Wetie”, a campaign of deadly political violence that rocked the Western Region of Nigeria in the mid-1960s.
It was adapted from the Yoruba phrase meaning “wet or soak” homes and vehicles of perceived political opponents with petrol before setting them ablaze.
Makinde made this inciting comment at the National Summit of All Opposition Political Party Leaders in Ibadan, Oyo State today.
Reacting through its Publicity Secretary, Hon. Akinloye Oyeniyi, the PDP in the Southwest Zone disowned the summit saying; “the meeting was a jamboree staged to revive Governor Seyi Makinde’s dwindling political fortune and hand him the vice presidential candidate’s ticket of the David Mark-led ADC.”
The party, which also described Makinde’s comment as reckless, and unbecoming of a sitting governor, added that the Southwest will not be available to be used as a political war-zone by any disgruntled and selfish politician.
Clarifying the status of the meeting, Oyeniyi said; “The event was a meeting of a coalition masquerading as an all-opposition-parties summit. It did not represent the PDP or the broader opposition in Nigeria. Rather, it’s to serve the interest of the person whose scheming is to get the vice presidential ticket of the coalition through the back door.”
The party commended former President Olusegun Obasanjo for staying away from the meeting, saying his absence made it clear to the world that he is not part of that group.
Oyeniyi further alleged that the summit was convened by Governor Makinde as a face-saving move.
“The governor has swallowed embers that are now burning his chest, reason he assembled those whose records do not reflect seriousness, in Ibadan, to chart a fresh course into further chaos in their coalition,” he said.
The statement addressed former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and few others, reported to have attended the summit, urging them to emulate the statesmanship displayed by former President Obasanjo and ensure their names are not associated with endless controversy.
“The chairman of that already failed and defeatist occasion did not show up. It is not an event to be graced by any reasonable and reputable person,” the statement added.
Addressing the Oyo State governor directly, the party said: “There is a difference between influence and illusion. This latest political fakery has again confirmed your self-inflicted free fall from grace; and the people of Oyo State shall speak clearly against all these relentless chaoses in 2027.”
The party thanked its members in the zone and maintained that it remains committed to providing credible opposition and a viable alternative for Nigerians, but would not be part of gatherings designed to deceive the public.
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14 opposition bloc in Ibadan unite to adopt single presidential candidate against Tinubu in 2027
The decision, dubbed the ‘Ibadan Declaration’, was the central focus of a high-stakes national summit of opposition political parties held on Saturday, 25 April 2026, in the Oyo State capital.
Fourteen opposition parties have collectively agreed to field one presidential candidate against President Bola Tinubu in 2027.
The opposition political parties which participated in the summit included the PDP, ADC, PRP, NNPP, NDC, LP, APP, Accord, APM, AA, DLA, YP, ADP, and ZLP.
Reading the communiqué on behalf of the participating chairmen, the National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Taminu Turaki (SAN), declared that the move was an existential necessity to rescue Nigeria from the stranglehold of the APC.
The opposition bloc made it clear that its primary objective is to prevent the emergence of a one-party state. Despite what they described as the APC’s manoeuvres to position President Bola Tinubu as a sole presidential candidate for 2027, the coalition vowed to fight back through a unified ticket.
“We shall work towards fielding one presidential candidate for the 2027 elections, which shall be agreed and supported by all participating opposition parties to rescue our nation and her long-suffering masses,” the communiqué stated.
The summit also launched a scathing attack on the leadership of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). It passed a vote of no confidence in the INEC chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, accusing him of blatant partisanship toward the ruling party.
The declaration warned that Amupitan’s continued stay in office is vexatious and could trigger a national crisis. The summit demanded that Amupitan be replaced by a neutral figure to guarantee a credible process.
The Ibadan Declaration outlined several critical demands aimed at levelling the playing field. The National Assembly was urged to immediately strip the Electoral Act 2026 of clauses that allegedly threatened the sanctity of elections.
The parties slammed recent INEC guidelines as engineered obstacles and demanded that the deadline for party primaries be extended to the end of July 2026.
The communiqué called for the immediate release of leading politicians currently being allegedly harassed or detained on bailable offences, framing their detention as a violation of fundamental rights.
The opposition leaders commended the resilience of Nigerians in the face of what they termed state capture. They expressed a renewed commitment to multiparty democracy and swore to resist any machinations intended to stifle political competition.
The summit also appreciated the host, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, whose state served as the backdrop for what many delegates described as an epochal event in the journey toward the 2027 polls.
Fire has razed a police station and three residential buildings in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
The police station, according to sources, is located at Kara in Akinyele local government area of the state.
An eye-witness account says that a patrol van, motorcycles and other items were affected.
Meanwhile, three residential buildings located in three different areas within Ibadan were also razed, on Friday.
The ground floor of one of the buildings located at No.19, Omigade street, Robert junction, Ososami in Ibadan.
A residential building in the Moniya area and another at the Alakia area were also affected by the fire.
Chairman of the Oyo State Fire Service, Maroof Akinwande confirmed the incidents.
On the police station, Akinwande said, “On getting to the scene, it was a patrol van and seven motorcycles that were engulfed by fire. Our officers quickly launched a coordinated attack, restricted the fire from spreading to the police station’s building and other properties”.
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