Nigerians are barely used to the new year 2022 and celebrity scandals couldn’t wait to permeate the social media space.

In January alone, the list is already overflowing with Mercy Aigbe’s marriage to her alleged exhusband’s friend, a popular gospel artiste, Sammie Okposo, suddenly joined the list.

Okposo took to his Facebook page recently to apologise to to his wife, Ozioma for cheating on her. He made this apology on his Instagram page, said he cheated with a lady in the United States some time in 2021.

He wrote:“Dear Friends, I need to bring a very unfortunate incident to your attention as I am not proud of it but know that this is the right thing to do.

“On my recent trip to the USA (Late 2021), I got intimately involved with a lady, knowing that this was not appropriate as a married man and a minister of the gospel. I am ashamed and regret my actions as it has caused a lot of pain to my dear wife, Ozioma, my family and me.

“As I work in making peace with God, repenting and asking for His forgiveness, I am suspending myself from all ministry work until full restoration as this is what is proper and what I know I owe God and His people.

“To my wife, Ozioma. I am sincerely sorry I put you through this shameful and embarrassing situation. I broke your trust and disappointed you. Your forgiveness of my moral failure and poor judgement is important to me. I pray I will eventually be able to build back the trust and confidence every single day for the rest of my life.

“I want to take this moment and apologize to all Fathers and Mothers of the Faith and ministers of the Gospel for my behaviour and moral failure. I won’t be here if not for your investment and belief in what God has called me to do. I sincerely apologize for this embarrassing situation.

“To all that have been a part of my ministry, followed my ministry or know me personally, I am truly sorry for disappointing you. I regret any pain or disappointment that this news of my moral failure and poor judgement may cause you and I am truly sorry for disappointing you. I humbly ask that you continue to pray for me. Sammie Okposo”

However, Nigerians felt offended as more revelations started filtering in as usual.

According to a news platform, it was revealed that the lady at the centre of the scandal, African Doll, has already went public because Okposo refused to take responsibility for her pregnancy and has been ghosting her.

Asked why she wanted to share her story, she replied, “Like I said earlier, to bring light to the situation that it is not right and it is just not okay to just ghost someone after you have been a willing participant. We both know we didnt use protection and we were wrong, but there are better ways to handle things.”

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