{"id":114555,"date":"2023-01-16T14:50:41","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T14:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/?p=114555"},"modified":"2023-01-16T14:50:41","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T14:50:41","slug":"mercy-eke-responds-to-age-falsifying-accusations-comes-clean-about-her-real-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2023\/01\/16\/mercy-eke-responds-to-age-falsifying-accusations-comes-clean-about-her-real-age\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercy Eke responds to age falsifying accusations, comes clean about \u2018her real age\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Mercy Eke has reacted to the drama and accusations that she falsified her age, while coming clean about \u2018her real age\u2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The drama started when the reality star took to Twitter over the weekend to share her voter&#8217;s card while calling on Nigerians to collect theirs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2022\/11\/10\/talk-to-tacha-direct-stop-going-through-corners-netizens-drag-mercy-eke-for-subtle-shade-about-rich-people\/\">Mercy Eke<\/a> covered her age in the PVC but left her VIN and Twitter users used this information to search for her details on the\u00a0INEC website.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-114558\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/01\/ifeoluwaunusual\/2023\/01\/16\/D3B501A0-FF07-4DF2-AA7E-DC9CFE78E08E.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"844\" height=\"1087\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/01\/ifeoluwaunusual\/2023\/01\/16\/D3B501A0-FF07-4DF2-AA7E-DC9CFE78E08E.jpeg 844w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/01\/ifeoluwaunusual\/2023\/01\/16\/D3B501A0-FF07-4DF2-AA7E-DC9CFE78E08E-233x300.jpeg 233w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/01\/ifeoluwaunusual\/2023\/01\/16\/D3B501A0-FF07-4DF2-AA7E-DC9CFE78E08E-795x1024.jpeg 795w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/01\/ifeoluwaunusual\/2023\/01\/16\/D3B501A0-FF07-4DF2-AA7E-DC9CFE78E08E-768x989.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/01\/ifeoluwaunusual\/2023\/01\/16\/D3B501A0-FF07-4DF2-AA7E-DC9CFE78E08E-150x193.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 844px) 100vw, 844px\" \/>Many users returned to the platform to accuse her of lying about her age after seeing on the INEC website that she is 32 years old.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-114557\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/01\/ifeoluwaunusual\/2023\/01\/16\/B3622C74-1620-4C92-8AA9-55AA310719BD.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1056\" height=\"1902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/01\/ifeoluwaunusual\/2023\/01\/16\/B3622C74-1620-4C92-8AA9-55AA310719BD.jpeg 1056w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/01\/ifeoluwaunusual\/2023\/01\/16\/B3622C74-1620-4C92-8AA9-55AA310719BD-167x300.jpeg 167w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/01\/ifeoluwaunusual\/2023\/01\/16\/B3622C74-1620-4C92-8AA9-55AA310719BD-569x1024.jpeg 569w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/01\/ifeoluwaunusual\/2023\/01\/16\/B3622C74-1620-4C92-8AA9-55AA310719BD-768x1383.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/01\/ifeoluwaunusual\/2023\/01\/16\/B3622C74-1620-4C92-8AA9-55AA310719BD-853x1536.jpeg 853w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/01\/ifeoluwaunusual\/2023\/01\/16\/B3622C74-1620-4C92-8AA9-55AA310719BD-150x270.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1056px) 100vw, 1056px\" \/>On her last birthday in September 2022, Mercy had claimed to be 29 and her birthday post was reshared as Nigerians began calling her out for lying about her age. She had tweeted:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cLast of my 20s,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Happy birthday to me!!!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Not bothered by the fuss about her age, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2022\/12\/27\/why-i-responded-to-accusations-of-affair-with-ivd-bbnaijas-mercy-eke-opens-up-on-many-rumours-about-her\/\">Mercy Eke returned<\/a> to Twitter on Monday, January 16 to quote-tweet her initial post. She wrote:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIt&#8217;s a new day to pick up your PVC, don&#8217;t miss out on exercising your right. Love you!.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A follower then called her out directly and she responded. The follower wrote:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;But you&#8217;re close to 40 yrs old why you dey lie for us.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">While Mercy pretended to come clean about her age, she replied sarcastically:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"> &#8220;I&#8217;m actually 52.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mercy Eke has reacted to the drama and accusations that she falsified her age, while coming clean about \u2018her real age\u2019. The drama started when the reality star took to Twitter over the weekend to share her voter&#8217;s card while calling on Nigerians to collect theirs. 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