HOW SAMMIE OKPOSO’S PHILANDERING NATURE BECAME HIS DOWNFALL
The social media space was agog last week after gospel artist, Sammie Okposo tendered a public apology to his beautiful wife, Ozioma and the body of Christ for committing an act of infidelity. The apology came after a US-based lady known as African Doll granted an interview where she stated that she was expecting a child for the gospel act. African Doll claimed that she had unprotected sex with him. She even presented screen shots of their conversation to further buttress her points during the interview. She revealed that the singer threatened her when he found out that she was pregnant. He became hostile to her after advising her to go for an abortion. However, she refused to get rid of the pregnancy, insisting that his money was not the reason why she decided to keep it.
This revelation by African Doll came as a surprise to many who expected Sammie to be above board as a gospel music artiste and married man. Now it is quite clear to them that Sammie is incapable of being above board or respecting his marital vows.
It is speculated that as a bachelor, Sammie was a well-known ladies’ man who had sexual intimacies with many women. He once dated Gloria Ibru, the first daughter of Olorogun Michael Ibru. The relationship produced a beautiful daughter, Alila Okposo, who is now 27 years-old. Both lovers parted ways after it was discovered that Gloria was expecting their first child and he wasn’t ready to commit himself to the relationship. He soon moved on to Nollywood actresses, Kate Henshaw and later, Stella Damasus.
With Kate, the two were so much in love that marriage was already on the card. But the actress broke up with him based on allegations of battering, verbal and physical abuse both in private and public places. He once broke her ankle in the process of battering her. The actress was hopeful that the singer would turn a new leaf, but he never did and the relationship hit the rocks.
After Stella Damasus lost her husband, she found comfort in Sammie’s arms and they both started dating. They were considering taking their relationship to the next level when they broke up. It was alleged that Sammie was responsible for the rift between Kate and Stella at some point during their friendship. The two friends have since reconciled.
Sammie also dated a former 1993 Miss Nigeria, Janet Fateye. They met when he went to perform at a joint owned by one of the organisers of the Miss Nigeria beauty pageant. The beauty queen was invited to sing with Sammie Okposo’s band when she went for a courtesy visit at the club where the singer was playing. They became friendly and later started dating, but the two parted ways many years later.
Sammie used to be a Director of the choir at Pastor Paul Adefarasin’s House on the Rock Church in Lagos. At a point, he was alleged to have put four female members of the choir in the family way and was subsequently suspended. He was later forgiven and welcomed back by Adefarasin. The cleric played a vital role in the growth and Christian life of the controversial singer. As a spiritual father who cared for the members of his congregation, Adefarasin re-orientated Sammie about Christianity, youth and fun in the hope that his effort would greatly reflect in the latter’s life. But it yielded no positive result as the talented music act continued with his philandering nature. Nollywood actress, Chioma Akpotha, nee Chukwuka, who was a member of House on the Rock and Sammie's singing group, X Generation, had to leave, alledgedly because of his promiscuous nature. Sammie would continue in his ways until he met Ozioma, his wife of 11 years. The two met when he went to perform at Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo’s Kingsway International Christian Centre, London. Ozioma had gone with her sister to the church and met him signing his CD for some of his fans.
They became friends and eventually got married in July 2010. Many thought he would turn a new leaf after marriage, but a few didn’t think his marriage would stand the test of time due to his weakness for the opposite sex. He however fought back and even granted an interview where he stated that all he did when he was chasing women was youthful exuberance.
With his latest act of indiscretion, when African Doll puts to bed, Sammie would become a proud father of two from different women as his union with Ozioma is yet to produce a child.