The Sinach and Joseph Egbu affair can be summed up as follows: old interview extracts were taken out of context and used to fuel, in 2024-2025, unproven rumors of crisis and divorce, until the couple officially responded with formal notices addressed to several bloggers in November 2025.
Timeline: rumors, Sinach marriage
The original excerpt, where Sinach explains that marriage does not guarantee happiness and that fulfillment comes first from God’s calling, comes from an old interview rebroadcast from 2020 on Christian channels and accounts dedicated to singles advice. Between 2024 and mid-2025, this extract is reused in videos and comment posts to suggest a crisis in his relationship, without documentary proof or official statement.
Amplification on social networks
At the beginning of November 2025, several YouTube videos and TikTok content took up the extract, presenting it as recent, with titles evoking a “divorce” or a “broken marriage” by Sinach. Some posts claim that her husband, Pastor Joseph (Joe) Egbu, “confessed” to a separation, but these claims are only based on montages and stories from commentators.
Sinach’s public reaction
Around November 19, 2025, Sinach briefly spoke during a live broadcast and acknowledged that these rumors and screenshots had caused him real pain, while saying that he had chosen silence for a time to seek God’s will. In this intervention, she especially emphasizes the spiritual dimension: sometimes, “praying” also means moving away from what destroys, without confirming divorce proceedings or announcing legal separation.
Formal notices from lawyers
On November 21, 2025, the Thurrocks Associates firm, based in Abuja, sent “pre-action notices” to several content creators accused of having disseminated false, defamatory information about the couple on Facebook and Instagram. These letters, photos of which are circulating online, bear the firm’s letterhead, recall the international notoriety of Sinach and her husband and demand the deletion of the publications in question, as well as the presentation of a public apology visible for seven days.
Official position of the couple
In these formal notices, the lawyers state that Sinach and Joseph Egbu “entirely refute” the incriminating publications and characterize them as a calculated attempt to damage their reputation and professional relationships around the world. Articles and posts summarizing the letters indicate that the couple remains married, considers the rumors to be unfounded, and reserves the right to pursue civil and criminal actions for defamation if the requirements are not met.
