Reported by: Ijeoma G | Edited by: Oravbiere Osayomore Promise.
Controversial media personality Daddy Freeze has thrown down a staggering financial gauntlet to BBNaija star Cross, challenging him to produce any Pentecostal pastor capable of healing one of 50 crippled individuals he would make available within 72 hours. The radio host made the declaration on Sunday 10-11 pm, in an Instagram video that has since gone viral, wagering ₦50 million as proof that the much-touted healings in Nigerian churches are nothing more than theatrical performances.
The challenge was a direct escalation of their ongoing war of words. The tension began when Daddy Freeze walked out of the late actor Alexx Ekubo’s Service of Songs, criticising gospel artists Mercy Chinwo and Nathaniel Bassey for turning the solemn event into a concert. Cross responded by rebuking Freeze on Twitter: “Daddy Freeze with due respect sometimes keep your mouth shut. If you don’t know anything about our father Jesus Christ, don’t talk.” The radio host did not take the instruction kindly.
In his counter-strike, Freeze invoked the biblical accounts of Jesus healing the sick before crowds of onlookers as the gold standard. “Our Lord Jesus healed real people with real problems,” Freeze said. “Ikechukwu ‘Cross’ Sunday Okonkwo has vouched for the miracle-working power of Nigerian ministers of God. I am offering him an opportunity to prove it.” The OAP vowed to cover all transportation costs to bring the 50 physically challenged persons to the church auditorium of the pastor’s choice, promising the ₦50 million prize to the first minister who could permanently and verifiably heal just one of them within the three-day window.
Freeze’s challenge appears deliberately crafted to create a no-win scenario. If the pastors succeed, he loses money but would have witnessed a genuine miracle. If they fail, he would have publicly vindicated his long-held position that the faith-healing industry is built on deception. The Free The Sheeple leader has previously derided miracle testimonies as unsubstantiated, stating bluntly that the “lame man must stop using his crutches and the blind man must start seeing – not just shouting slogans”.
At press time, neither Cross nor any senior Nigerian pastor had accepted the challenge. For millions of Nigerians who have watched the Pentecostal entertainment complex grow into a multi-billion-naira industry, the question is no longer who shouts the loudest, but whether anyone is willing to put their claims of divine power to the test.
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