Nollywood actress and member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, Ms. Doris Ogala, has formally demanded the sum of N1 billion in damages from Lagos-primarily based cleric, Pastor Chris Okafor, founding father of Grace Nation Liberation City, over an alleged breach of promise to marry.

The ask was once conveyed in a letter dated December 16, 2025, issued by her appropriate representatives, Synergy Laws Partners, and addressed to Pastor Okafor at his Ojodu Berger position. The letter warned that appropriate jog would be initiated if the cleric fails to follow the ask internal 21 days.

In step with the attorneys, Ogala and Pastor Okafor were all for a interior most relationship that started in 2017, at some level of which the cleric allegedly made a “sure, consistent and unequivocal” promise to marry the actress. The connection reportedly commenced at a length when Ogala was once emotionally inclined and trying to ranking pastoral counsel.

The right letter stated that the alleged promise went beyond verbal assurances and was once bolstered by conduct, at the side of introductions to Pastor Okafor’s family and joint appearances at family events. Ogala’s attorneys claimed that documentary evidence—equivalent to pictures, movies, WhatsApp messages and banking information—exists to substantiate her claims and attach what they described as a sound expectation of marriage.

The actress extra alleged that she relied on the promise to her detriment, taking what her counsel described as irreversible private selections. Among these, the letter claimed that Ogala exited a timid marriage and abandoned possibilities of reconciliation per assurances of a future marital union with the cleric.

The ask letter additionally alleged financial loss, stating that Ogala entrusted Pastor Okafor with N45 million in a single transaction and granted him ranking admission to to her financial affairs on the energy of the connection and promise of marriage.

The dispute reportedly escalated when Pastor Okafor publicly launched his engagement to but every other lady, an jog Ogala’s attorneys described as a sure repudiation of the alleged promise. They extra argued that the public nature of the announcement precipitated their client excessive emotional damage and reputational damage, notably given her situation as a public figure.

Ogala’s appropriate crew additionally alleged that she has since been subjected to intense public scrutiny, on-line harassment and sufferer-shaming, which they attributed to the fallout from the cleric’s actions. They accused Pastor Okafor of responsibility for the alleged unauthorised circulation of non-public pictures, an allegation to which he has no longer publicly answered as of press time.

Whereas acknowledging that marriage can not be compelled, the attorneys maintained that Nigerian law provides cures for breach of promise and aggravated distress. On this basis, they demanded N1 billion as smartly-liked and aggravated damages for emotional trauma, reputational damage and the public nature of the alleged breach.

The letter gave Pastor Okafor 21 days to resolve the ask, warning that failure to enact so would consequence in a swimsuit earlier than a court of competent jurisdiction.

As at the time of this document Pastor Okafor or his appropriate representatives are but to convey an unswerving assertion as regards the claims.