The founder and senior pastor of Port Harcourt based Salvation Ministries, David Ibiyeomie, has rubbished claims that there is coronavirus in Nigeria.
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic which has killed over 350,000 people globally and infected over 4 million people has continued to generate controversy in Nigeria.
The report of cases in Nigeria keeps drawing doubts even as 338 cases were recorded yesterday, taking the total number confirmed in the country to 5959.
Though the time the video was recorded could not be ascertained, David Ibiyeomie whose church has also donated medical equipment to hospitals as part of their support in the fight against the virus, said:
“Coronavirus is a virus that is corona. People are making noise about coronavirus. To me, it is rubbish. Did we make noise about malaria?
“Malaria kills more people in Nigeria than coronavirus. Everyday people die from malaria. In the villages, they die. So what are we talking about coronavirus, closing borders up and down?
“Nigeria does not even have it. I don’t think Nigeria has it. Because you have heard Dokpesi say he had it but it was malaria tablet that they gave him. So if it is coronavirus, why will they give him malaria tablets?”
Watch Pastor David Ibiyeomie speak below;
