Chris Oyakhilome

==Personal life==
Chris Oyakhilome married Anita Ebhodaghe on 2 February 1991. They met as students at University. Anita was also a Pastor in Christ Embassy and she was known widely as Pastor Anita. They later had two daughters, Sharon and Charlene.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://guardian.ng/news/all-about-pastor-chris-oyakhilomes-marriage-wife-and-children/ |title=All about Pastor Chris Oyakhilome’s marriage, wife and children |work=[[The Guardian (Nigeria)|The Guardian]] |access-date=17 January 2024}}</ref>

The couple filed for divorce on 9 April 2014. In an official release made by Pastor Anita's legal team, Attwaters Jameson Hill, the divorce was confirmed completed on 8 February 2016, and they stated, "''Anita Oyakhilome would like to confirm that she is no longer involved in or part of Christ Embassy AKA Believers loveworld inc''."
<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.attwatersjamesonhill.co.uk/news/anita-oyakhilome |title=Anita Oyakhilome Attwaters Jameson Hill Harlow |work=Attwaters Jameson Hill Solicitors |access-date=3 May 2017}}</ref>

On 6 October 2018, Pastor Benny Hinn officiated the wedding ceremony of Pastor Chris' first daughter, Sharon, to Phillip Frimpong; a Ghanaian, with former President [[Olusegun Obasanjo]] as chairman of the occasion.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nigeria |first=Guardian |date=9 April 2023 |title=The Pastor Chris Oyakhilome Family: His Two Daughters |url=https://guardian.ng/news/the-pastor-chris-oyakhilome-family-his-two-daughters/ |access-date=21 January 2024 |website=The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sunkanmi |first=Iyanu |date=6 October 2018 |title=Beautiful white wedding photos of Pastor Chris Oyakhilome's daughter |url=https://www.kemifilani.ng/weddings/beautiful-photos-from-pastor-chris-oyakhilomes-daughters-wedding/ |access-date=21 January 2024 |website=Kemi Filani News |language=en-GB}}</ref>

In 2011, ''[[Forbes]]'' estimated Oyakhilome's wealth as between $30 million and $50 million.<ref name="reuters-20141012">{{Cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nigeria-megachurches-insight-idUSKCN0I104F20141012 |title=Nigeria's 'megachurches': a hidden pillar of Africa's top economy |last=Cocks |first=Tim |date=12 October 2014 |access-date=22 September 2019 |work=Reuters}}</ref>