- The Nigerian police force has reacted to Mercy Isoyip’s public apology after she fumbled on stage while singing the national anthem.
- Mercy Isoyip had muddled up the lyrics which led to backlash from Nigerians.
- The NPF claimed the actress bungled the national anthem because she had stage fright.
The Nigerian Police has given a soft landing to singer cum actress Mercy Isoyip aka Descuschel who rendered the National anthem at the opening ceremony of its Annual Retreat and Conference in Owerri.
Mercy Isoyip who put on the police uniform during the conference, went viral on Monday after she missed the lyrics while singing the national anthem at the event.
Reacting, the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun addressed the issue, stating that the actress out of stage fright bungled the national anthem.
According to IG Egbetokun, the actress was contracted by the organizers to sing the National anthem as a way of encouraging young nigerian artistes to showcase their talents.
The IGP added that the actress has shown a high level of remorse for her mistake and had even gone ahead to tender an apology to the Police and Nigerians. Watch him speak below:
Recall Mercy Isoyip apologised to Nigerians and the Nigeria Police Force after reciting the national anthem wrongly during the Conference for Senior Police Officers in Imo State.
The singer who donned the police uniform during the conference went viral on Monday after she recited the national anthem at the event and missed the lyrics.
This led to knocks from the netizens as they trolled the singer, who was presumed to be a policewoman because of her outfit.
In a video on her Instagram page on Tuesday, Descushiel applogised for her errors.
The video was captioned:
“I sincerely apologise for the error I made during the recital of the National Anthem, I know such errors are inexcusable.
“My good people of our country, please accept my apology, as well as my assurance that I will be more careful in the future to prevent such incidents from recurring.”
“God bless the Nigeria Police Force. God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”