”It slipped out of my mouth”- Apostle Suleman reacts to viral video of him praying COVID19 should not end

General Overseer of the Omega Fire Ministries International, Apostle Johnson Suleman has tagged his comment about not wanting Covid-19 to end as an error following the purchase of his third private jet.

His statement has gained a lot of criticisms from Nigerians both home and abroad as they condemned him for being excited about the pandemic that has crippled the economic lives of many including the people who attend his church.

Reacting to the criticisms, the clergyman while preaching in his church on Sunday, February 21, said the video of him making the statement was edited by a fellow pastor who is an enemy of his.

“There’s a video that is trending about me. It was posted by a pastor against me. It was a programme I had in Abuja and I was trying to explain something about COVID-19. When they told me that I prayed for COVID-19 not to end, I said ‘me? I didn’t say that.

“When they brought the video, I discovered it slipped out of my mouth. There’s no pastor that will pray for Covid not to end. It doesn’t make sense. I was talking about what happens around Covid, how families were staying together, how families united, how some people even made money during that process.

“That was what I was trying to buttress and it slipped out of my mouth. I could not have prayed for Covid not to end, no pastor would do that. But he (the pastor) took that mistake, edited some part and blew it” he said

The clergyman added that those who are angry that he bought a third private jet will just die. If you are angry I mentioned three jets, you go just die. That’s the truth,” he added