By Fawzi Kehinde – ThePUNCH
The founder of Omega Power Ministries, Chibuzor Chinyere, has announced plans to arrange the marriage of one of his adopted daughters, a 21-year-old autistic woman named Chiemeka Chibuzor.
He offered a package of financial incentives and welfare guarantees to any man who agrees to marry her.
The announcement was made on Tuesday via a Facebook post by Chinyere, who described the arrangement as being in the young woman’s best interests.
“I am giving out another of my adopted daughters in marriage. Her name is Chiemeka Chibuzor. She is 21 years old and has autism. She can speak and hear well,” the statement read.
Chinyere listed conditions for prospective suitors, stating that the man must be young and “physically and mentally fit in all forms.”
In exchange, he outlined a suite of benefits including lifetime financial support, free housing for life, a jointly built property in both spouses’ names, and regular unannounced visits by OPM staff to monitor the woman’s welfare.
“This arrangement is to ensure that she is properly cared for, protected, and lives a happy life,” the statement added.
The announcement follows a similar and widely publicised arrangement by the cleric in which he organised the marriage of a non-verbal autistic man, widely known as Aboy, to an older woman in a ceremony held on March 29.
That wedding drew mixed reactions, with critics raising concerns about consent, dignity, and the ethics of arranging marriages for people with cognitive disabilities.
Chinyere had subsequently responded to the backlash by gifting Aboy, now renamed Elijah, a Lexus car and a plot of land, and appointing him as an ambassador for the church’s free school for children with autism and Down syndrome.
