Popular Nigerian preacher, Temitope Balogun Joshua has been severely criticised on social media after prophesying that the novel coronavirus will vanish Friday, March 27.
As at the time this report was filed, the global pandemic has continued to soar in numbers of cases and deaths recporded several countries affected.
In a viral video, the televangelist is seen telling his congregants that the dreaded disease will go the way it came.
“By the end of this month, no matter the medicine they produced to cure whatever, it will go the way it came…
“If it is not the medicine that brought this to the world, medicine cannot take it out, it will go the way it came,” he prophesied.
Watch him in the video below as his comments draw many reactions.
TB Joshua: Coronavirus will vanish tomorrow. Are you reaaady! ?pic.twitter.com/BEtqPjYGZb
— AyeMojubar ? (@ayemojubar) March 26, 2020
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What Nigerians are saying:
The rate at which you guys insult men of God on Social Media is alarming. So TB Joshua has now become fake because corona is supposed to end today and it might not? I fear for you o.
— DREYLO. (@RealDreylo) March 27, 2020
Reporters: "Sir, you said the virus would be gone today.. it's been more than 8 hrs and nothing still"
TB Joshua: pic.twitter.com/UDZwpGbaMS
— TheBigFish (@MarvtheOG_) March 27, 2020
TB Joshua : covid 19 will vanish on March 27
Covid 19:? pic.twitter.com/MWWdlXTlNv— Dogara❤ (@keeng_david) March 27, 2020
TB Joshua: you won't hear of Corona virus by the 27th of March
14 new cases confirmed today.
Me looking at TB Joshua#TBJoshua pic.twitter.com/ATrBfPjEWX— A.R.M (@codecolonel) March 27, 2020