The senior pastor of Salvation Ministries in Port Harcourt, Pastor David Ibiyeomi, has said that he believes that malaria kills more people in Nigeria than COVID-19 and that he doesn’t believe the virus exists in the country.
The cleric noted that even though malaria kills more people, no one closed the border because of it.
Pastor Ibiyeomi reminded his audience of DAAR Communications founder, Raymond Dokpesi, who said he was given malaria drugs while receiving treatment for COVID-19 in an isolation centre.
The preacher added that the virus is an opportunity for those in leadership to steal.
His words:
People are making noise about coronavirus. To me, it’s rubbish. Malaria, did we make noise about malaria?
Malaria kills more people in Nigeria than coronavirus. Everyday people die of malaria. So, what are we talking about coronavirus, closing border up and down for what?
Nigeria does not even have it. I don’t think Nigeria has it. Because you have heard Dokpesi. He said that they say he had it. It’s malaria tablet they gave him. So, of it’s coronavirus, why will they give him malaria tablet?
Nigeria, they’re using it to eat money, eat money. Governors eat money, corporations eat money. They tell lies. They’ll take money from federal aid. Government, they’ll take money from aid…”
Pastor Ibiyeomi also alleged that the Nigerian government is exaggerating the number of people who have the virus.
In Nigeria, the people who have it, I don’t think they’re up to the number they’re calling. I don’t think it’s the number. When one person has high temperature, fever, they’ll say it’s Corona, quarantine him.”
