Gospel minister, Nathaniel Bassey, has petitioned IGP Kayode Egbetokun to investigate and prosecute four persons who accused him of being the father of singer Mercy Chinwo’s son.
Bassey is accusing the four social media users of criminal defamation and cyberstalking.
The singer submitted the petition to the IGP on April 1, 2024, after being accused of gathering Mercy Chinwo’s son by some social media users
His lawyers are asking police authorities to urgently treat the petition against four social media users, identified in the petition as Okoronkwo Ejike, Kingsley Ibeh, Terrence Ekot and Dj Spoiltkid.
“Our client is a gospel music minister whose songs and ministrations have impacted the lives of so many from different walks of life across the globe,” the petition partly read.
“On Friday, the 29th day of March 2024, Mercy Chinwo Blessed another popular gospel music minister, and her husband posted pictures of their son and themselves on different social media platforms.
However, our client was disheartened, saddened, and grossly disturbed to find that the above-mentioned suspects, as mischief makers with a criminal intent to destroy the image and character of our client, had made different social media posts of defamatory matter, calling our client ‘the father of minister Mercy Chinwo Blessed’s son,’ a woman who is married to another man.
“The post by Mr. Okoronkwo Ejike has since gone viral on the platform. In reaction to the post, Mr. Kingsley Ibeh commented on Mr. Okoronkwo’s post with a picture of our client with the caption “The real father of the baby.