FACT-CHECK: Did actor Jim Iyke covert from Christianity to Islam? (Video)

The social media space is currently agog with the news that famous Nollywood actor, James Ikechukwu Okolue, otherwise known as Jim Iyke has converted to Islam.

The report, as seen by IDOMA VOICE, which is being widely celebrated among Muslim faithful showed the Nollywood bad boy flanked by an alfa.

The report quoted a certain Sulaiman Yusuf Njoku, the Chief Imam of Imo State, as saying that the actor performed his first Islamic rites on Wednesday.

He reportedly wrote: “Finally close friend of Barrister Suleiman Yusuf Njoku.. Chief Imam of Imo State..
James Ikechukwu Esomugha known as Jim Iyke an actor of Nigerian Nollywood have taken Kalimatu shahada..
May Allah make him farm in Islam…”

Profile of Jim Iyke

Jim Iyke was born in Libreville, Gabon. His parents, from Ogwugwu Village in Enugu Agidi town of Anambra State, changed their name from Okolue to Esomugha. He is the only boy in a family of eight children. He attended secondary school in F. G. C. Kwali Abuja from 1985 to 1991, then earned a diploma in Banking and Finance and a BSc in Philosophy from the University of Jos, Plateau State.

Actor reacts
In his reaction, the actor in a video shared on his Instagram page denied ever converting to Islam.
He said the pictures being spread on social media were taken from a movie tittled Sango Boys.

 

One actor, many controversies
A video of Jim Iyke’s purported ‘deliverance’ from an evil spirit at The Synagogue Church of All Nations, led by Pastor T.B. Joshua, provoked intense debate on social media.
The spirit reportedly confessed that it was behind Iyke’s inability to find a wife.

VERDICT: FALSE
Jim Iyke did not convert to Islam.