Jim Iyke, a prominent actor in Nollywood, has disclosed the reasons behind his decision to seek healing for his mother at Synagogue Church Of All Nations, led by the late TB Joshua, in 2013.
During an interview with Teju Babyface that was posted on YouTube on Tuesday, the award-winning actor explained that desperation drove him to pursue healing for his mother at the church.
Tragically, his mother, Esomugha, passed away on April 1, 2014.
In January 2022, Iyke admitted that he had paid fellow actor Uche Maduagwu to assault him in a video that gained significant attention in 2021.
The incident occurred in August 2021 when Maduagwu questioned Iyke’s source of wealth, resulting in Jim Iyke physically assaulting him.
The viral video caught the public’s attention.
During an interview with Chude Jideonwo, Iyke clarified that the altercation was premeditated, and he compensated Maduagwu after they reached an agreement.
He said, “I called the man, we had an understanding, I paid very well for it, rolled out the script, called Moses in, we shot it and we’re about to release the ending of it. I’m not stupid. I will never make that kind of mistake.”
Iyke added that it was his strategy to promote his movie, Bad Comments.
“We buried over N20m in the production of that film and people were still viewing it with a certain degree of cynicism. Immediately there was a scandal, it caught fire,” the actor revealed.
While speaking with Babyface, he said he had been “extorted” financially by several men of God over his mother’s ailment, asserting she would live.
“I will never be desperate again in my life. Desperation was what took me there, to take my mother there, hoping that a man of God would heal her. If she were to live, 20 TB Joshuas would not stop her.
“It was her time, nobody would have made me enter that space, he was not the only one I went to, I have been to five or six men of God, is it because I do not want to mention names? How they drove me, the money they took from me,” he said.
