Nigeria, Feb. 2 -- Weeks after announcing that he was stepping down temporarily from his pastoral duties, Chris Okafor, founder of the Mountain of Liberation and Miracle Ministry in Lagos, resumed duties.

In January, amid growing controversies involving his ex-wife, Bessem, and actress Doris Ogala, the preacher announced he would be stepping down as the presiding pastor of the church.

He said: "We have four Sundays in January, so in the whole of these four Sundays, we will be having Pastor Sylvester, Pastor Kelvin, Pastor Oliver and Pastor Shedrack. It's going to be prophetic Sundays; we will have them minister to you and anoint you every Sunday, that's the instruction. So they will be here, while they are here, I will be resting.

"It ...