Nigerian comic actor John Okafor (a.k.a. Mr. Ibu) has called the rampaging COVID-19 a western problem, saying that it doesn’t exist in Nigeria.
The movie star made the claims while chatting with The Nation, stating that he doesn’t believe that the virus is in the country and is not interested in its existence.
His words:
Nigeria, we are not supposed to be involved in this COVID-19, I see no reason why we should be involved. Only Nigerians in the diaspora will have to partake in this devilish program.
We at home are oblivious, we are not supposed to be involved in any ceremony in trying to pretend or in trying to avoid. My brother, COVID-19, or 20 is not here, I don’t care.
Why would China give us sickness and America embellish the technicality and then sell it to the world and people now begin to die when they know it’s killing. Thank God we have hot weather, the thing sef dey fear us.”
When questioned about the spike in the death toll as a result of the pandemic, the actor said that he didn’t know anyone who had died, adding that the whole thing was a hoax.
Have you ever attended any burial and they say na this thing kill am? Have you ever gone to the hospital them say this person na COVID dey hold am?
Have you ever seen a family them say somebody na COVID na em kill am yesterday for family wey you know? You cannot, dem say dem say na em me and you dey hear. Even the sickness dey fear us.
Are they not human beings, let them bring a picture of at least one person killed by COVID-19 and we find the family of such a person.
COVID whatever is not in Nigeria, we have hot weather here, the disease is scared of us just as we are scared of it so it can’t come here.”
So far, Nigeria has confirmed 33, 616 cases of COVID-19, with 754 deaths and 13, 792 individuals making a full recovery.
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