Renowned actor Jim Iyke has revisited the distressing chapter in his life when he fell victim to extortion by six different pastors who took advantage of his desperation for a miracle.
Jim Iyke recalled his interactions with Pastor TB Joshua of the Synagogue Church and other spiritual leaders in 2013.
During an interview with Gbadewonuola Olateju Oyelakin, also known as Teju Babyface, Jim shared that his motivation to attend these religious gatherings was solely fueled by his desperate desire for his mother’s recovery.
He expressed:
“The only thing they could do was attack my personality, attack my integrity, I’ll never be desperate again in my life. Desperation was what took me there, to take my mother there, hoping that a man of God, quote and unquote would heal her. She lives here day and night, I still have conversations with her, she’s never left. When I’m done praying with God she is the next person, I know how many times my mum appeared to me in dreams, if she were to live twenty TB Joshuas will not stop her.”
Jim Iyke clarified that his experience with TB Joshua was just one of several encounters with spiritual leaders. He disclosed that he had sought the assistance of five or six different pastors. He didn’t shy away from expressing how they manipulated and extorted money from him.
In his own words:
“It was her time, nobody would have made me enter that space, he wasn’t the only one I went to, I have been to five or six men of God, is it because I don’t want to mention names?? How they drove me the money they took from me.”
Watch the full interview below: