In Summary
- The BBC did review and watch a number of his sermons from 2023 and found he has been targeting malaria vaccine
- Medical experts are concerned that Pastor Chris’s influential sermons could negatively impact vaccine uptake in Africa.
One of Nigeria’s most influential religious leaders, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, head of Christ Embassy is facing allegations of spreading fake news about vaccines.
This is according to a recent expose by the BBC.
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BBC Report
The report also revealed that in a sermon on his church’s YouTube Channel in February, Pastor Chris alleged that there was never a proof that vaccines ever worked.
“Everyone had been “lied to” about vaccination,” he said in the sermon broadcast on his church’s YouTube channel.
The BBC Also took some time to review a number of Pastor Chris’s sermons from 2023 and found that he has been targeting the malaria vaccine specifically.
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Allegedly, Pastor Chris falsely claimed that the malaria vaccine campaign is part of a depopulation plan, even going as far as denying the existence of malaria as a problem in Africa.
Just a reminder that this is not the first time the Pastor is being accused of spreading fake news about vaccines.
In 2021, his church was fined by the British media regulator Ofcom for his unfounded claims about the COVID 19 vaccine.
