Apostle Chris Omashola, the general Overseer of the ZionWealth Church in Lekki, Lagos has warned people that it is wrong to refer to Bobrisky as “she” and that such person is cursed and would not go to heaven. He literally wants people to refer to the transgender woman as “he”, since she was born a boy. The pastor further made a derogatory remark about the transgender woman:

He is Gay and a colossal disgrace to Manhood

View the apostle’s original tweet below:

Whoever refer to that demonic boy called "BOBRISKY" as she is cursed and would not make heaven. He is Gay and a colossal disgrace to Manhood. #ChrisOmashola #TheFearlessGeneral #KUWTacha #Ebuka #Barca #BBNaija #TachaXTizeti #tachaforever #olamide #bolanle pic.twitter.com/YX6bhzQLel

— Apostle Chris Omáshòlä (ACO) (@chrisomashola) February 9, 2020

Recall that Bobrisky is an internet personality who is a transgender woman in Nigeria, a country with no LGBT rights. She is also has a dominating presence on social media apps, such as Snapchat. Born in 1992 as Okuneye Idris Olarenwaju, Bobrisky completed her high school education at King’s College in Lagos, the economic capital of the country. She also attended graduate school at the University of Lagos (UNILAG).

Later, Omashola tweeted again concerning Bobrisky:

We must speak against this evil raging our societal space if not for anything for the sake of our children and unborn kids, who will get inspired by these devils in human form thinking it okay to be gay.

We must speak against this evil raging our societal space if not for anything for the sake of our children and unborn kids, who will get inspired by these devils in human form thinking it okay to be gay.

— Apostle Chris Omáshòlä (ACO) (@chrisomashola) February 9, 2020

About several hours later, he tweeted yet again:

We must speak against this evil raging our societal space if not for anything for the sake of our children and unborn kids, who will get inspired by these devils in human form thinking it okay to be gay.

— Apostle Chris Omáshòlä (ACO) (@chrisomashola) February 9, 2020

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