23rd March, 2020
By Nimot Adetola Sulaimon
Nigerians have bashed Naira Marley over his tweet that he did not believe in the coronavirus pandemic.
Azeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley tweeted a few hours ago on his verified page, saying; ”retweet if you don’t believe in coronavirus’‘.
Retweet if u don’t believe in CoronaVirus
— nairamarley (@officialnairam1) March 23, 2020
This statement has met with a lot of criticisms as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced a total of 36 confirmed coronavirus cases and 1 death in the country.
Read some of the comments below.
https://twitter.com/royzkingin/status/1242066884616429570
Leave him, he thought people are joking. So shameful that someone that was brought up in the UK can be doing something like this. SMH!
— Ayoola (@ayoolatopezion) March 23, 2020
It's sad that people who have become a brand that should educate people better on this pandemic are here tweeting nonsense and fooling around.
— Martins Chidozie, MCILRM. (@martins_ene) March 23, 2020
It's sad that people who have become a brand that should educate people better on this pandemic are here tweeting nonsense and fooling around.
— Martins Chidozie, MCILRM. (@martins_ene) March 23, 2020
The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) a pandemic after its spread in over 100 countries in the world.