July 03, (THEWILL) – The social media was agog last week after gospel singer Mercy Chinwo announced her engagement and introduced her handsome fiance. Many had been eager to meet the man rocking the world of the singer who has been discreet about her love life since she came into the limelight. Blessed Uzochikwa, the lucky man who won the heart of the gospel artiste, is a clergyman. He is a pastor at Waterbrook Church, an arm of House of Freedom, a group of ministries comprising This Present House, The Waterbrook, God Bless Nigeria Church, all founded by Dr Tony Rapu, a medical doctor and life coach.
Uzochikwa is the resident pastor of Waterbrook Church located in Lekki, Lagos State, where a handful of celebrities such as Bankole Wellington, also known as Banky W and his wife, Adesua Etomi worship. Others are Lala Akindoju, Chioma Omeruh, known as Chigul, Jemima Osunde, etc.
An indigene of Delta State, Uzochika graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science at the University of Port-Harcourt. He also studied Advanced Management and Project Management at Stanford University in California. The cleric is also a Microsoft certified IT professional with an advanced Project Management certificate. He has worked in various capacities as an IT specialist. He worked with Tetra Pak as an IT administrator and was later made the Network Engineer at Micro software Solution/ IBM Partners. He was an IT/business support for South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa in AstraZeneca. Uzochikwa is also a human rights activist as he supported the fight against xenophobia in South Africa in 2020.
The cleric and Chinwo have been friends for some years now. The singer has been invited on several occasions to the Waterbrook Church for singing ministrations. On one occasion, he introduced her as a very dear sister whom he loves very much. Since he made the introduction, many have been suspecting there was more to their friendship than being a brother and sister in Christ.
