It is true that the social media space is open to everyone but it appears some individuals are gradually turning it to a trolling space.
Nigerian Gospel singer Mercy Chinwo Blessed and husband Pastor Blessed Uzochikwa have been in the news ever since they shared pictures of their son whom they dedicated during Mercy Chinwo’s recent concert in Lagos last weekend.
Not long after Minister Mercy Chinwo and husband posted the picture of their lovely son on their Facebook page in the spirit of celebrating the goodness of God to their family for the gift of the child, one of their followers made a post suggesting that the child may not be for the singers husband.
The post reads; “This is the true face of Mercy Chinwo’s child and she was hiding after giving birth but the truth is that the little baby looks exactly like Singer, Nathaniel Bassey.
“Nothing anybody wan reason me oh, this child is Nathaniel Bassey’s baby, just maybe there was a secret away match that occurred; otherwise, how can we make empirical sense of this?
The couple who couldn’t take it in, on April 3 through a Chief Magistrate Court in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, presided by Emmanuel Iyanna summoned the social media user including four others for “criminal defamation” of character.
In the court summons dated April 3, 2024, and sighted by correspondent on Thursday, Chief Magistrate Emmanuel Iyanna ordered the five defendants to appear in person before the court on April 23, 2024.
The five defendants are Okoronkwo Ejike, Kingsley Ibeh, DJ Spoiltkid, Terrence Ekot, and Samuel Agozie.“
The said post has sparked up unruly and demeaning reactions from several users online, leading to further defamatory comment by the second defendant who also commented on the post of the first defendant with the picture of Pastor Nathaniel Bassey, a pastor and gospel artiste, with the caption,”The real father of the baby.“
Additionally, drawing from the first defendant’s post, the third defendant in quoting the defamatory statement of the first defendant with a screenshot of the same on twitter, (now known as “X”) posted: “When are we doing DNA test?“
Correspondingly, the fourth defendant on the same X platform posted, “Take a look at the striking resemblance of Mercy Chinwo’s son and Nathaniel Bassey.
“Though duo has been working together on several projects in the past… what do you have to say?”
On Wednesday Nathaniel Bassey, asked the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to investigate and prosecute four individuals who he said falsely accused him of being the father of Mercy Chinwo’s child.
Amidst lawsuits filed against those who made such claims, another Nigerian man has come forward to reinstate that Mercy Chinwo’s son looks like Nathaniel Bassey.
The young man, identified as Butcherbeatz, stated that although he was not among those clamouring for DNA, he wouldn’t turn a blind eye.
Speaking further, Butcherbeatz noted that nobody would use their influential status to shut him up.