FACT CHECK: Did Catholic priest accuse gospel singer Mercy Chinwo of charging N10 million for every performance in church?

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FACT CHECK: Did Catholic priest accuse gospel singer Mercy Chinwo of charging N10 million for every performance in church?
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The claim has got a lot of Nigerians talking on social media.

to defend Mrs Chinwo, arguing that the gospel of Jesus Christ is free but costs a lot of money to spread.

“Today is the first time I’m hearing that’s what she charges, I didn’t know,” Mr Mike of the Evening ChurchAb Isong, a pastor in Uyo, Akwa Ibom, who says he is close to Mrs Chinwo, told PREMIUM TIMES, “I can say she doesn’t go for as much as N10 million. Most of the events she attends, they just give her an honorarium, she doesn’t place a price tag.”We have reviewed the clip of Mr Oluoma’s sermon, which is posted on his Facebook page.

The priest said Christians in Nigeria prefer to build expensive church buildings instead of deploying the resources to help the poor and the needy. He admitted that as a priest, he too had been guilty of that, but he has been talking against such practices “since I gave my life to Christ”.

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