Netizens Lash Out At Gospel Artist, Nathaniel Bassey For Praying For Messi’s Victory in the World Cup

• Netizens have reacted to the tweet of gospel singer, Nathaniel Bassey where he prayed that football legend, Lionel Messi wins the world cup
• According to critics, the gospel player has refused to raise prayers for his country Nigeria which obviously needs a lot of prayers but he is raising prayers for a football player instead
• Responding to the critics, Nathaniel Bassey states being a man of God does not stop him from having hobbies which include watching football

Nigerian gospel singer, Nathaniel Bassey, taking to his Twitter page, prayed for Lionel Messi, the captain of Argentina, to win the World Cup. He did this on Tuesday, with a picture of Messi on his Twitter account.

“Father, Please give Him the World Cup and silence His mockers.” He tweeted. His followers have since reacted to the incident on social media, with many of them criticizing him.

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One Oberon wrote “You won’t pray for Nigeria to be better it’s for World Cup , what a country , Argentina was a nation that indirectly killed all black people in their nation just to make sure their is no black in their race . Black man is a problem for himself”

One Ugo wrote “Others no sabi God..? Or are not God’s favourite..? Mtchewwww”

One Dammy wrote “You’re a Nigerian living in Nigeria, with all the situations happening in Nigeria, you decide to waste your prayers on Lionel Messi and Argentina? Okay ooo…”

One Ufo wrote “This is a show of how unpatriotic black Africans can be you continent is at the edge of breaking all records and your are seriously routing for someone who has broken all records in football…after we wonder why things don’t work in black nations.”

In response to their comments, Nathaniel Bassey wrote, “So because I want my favorite player to win the World Cup, I don’t pray for Nigeria Abi? Schm. Is it today you found out I’m a huge Messi fan? So being a man of God means I can’t watch football as one of my hobbies.”