"God Instructed Me To Stop Using Jewellery" - Billionaire Folorunso Alakija Reveals

Nigerian billionaire, Folorunso Alakija has revealed that she quit wearing luxurious jewellery because God instructed her to do so.

She made this known while ministering in Lagos at the Amazing Grace Pentecostal Church’s 25th Anniversary Church.

According to Folorunso Alakija, it took God ten days for him to stop her from wearing expensive necklaces, armlets, bracelets among others.

The Rose of Sharon Group CEO claimed that those times when she used to wear them, she used it to match every single dress she wore and she had numerous of them.

She stated: “I used to love jewellery. I had all kinds and the jewellery had to match every cloth I wore. In those days I used to tell God not to take jewellery from me.

"If anybody had come to me and told me not to wear jewellery, I would not have listened to the person. I would have wondered where that person is coming from. But by the time God started dealing with me on it, I had no option but to do away with it."

The clergywoman, who is touted as one of the richest women in Africa, said the turning point began when she started bleeding from her ear lobe while she was sleeping.

“That night I just suddenly found I was bleeding from my ear lobe. I did not sleep with earrings that night so I wondered what could have caused the bleeding. My ear lobe became sticky. When soap touched it while I was having my bath, it was hurting,” she said.