The presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu has stirred controversy on social media after saying climate change is a question of how to prevent a church rat from eating a poisoned holy communion.
Tinubu Speaks On How To Tackle Climate Change
While taking questions from moderators at Arewa joint committee interactive session in Kaduna State on Monday, the APC presidential candidate was asked how he intends to tackle climate change if he becomes president.
But the Lagos former governor likened climate change to “preventing church rats from eating poisoned holy communion”, arguing that if the West doesn’t guarantee Nigeria’s finances, it will not implement policies on climate change.
“Climate change is a question of how do you prevent a church rat from eating a poisoned Holy Communion”
“If the West does not guarantee our finances, we will not comply with their climate change,” Tinubu was heard saying in a video.
Watch the video and see some reactions below:
Bola Tinubu on climate change:
"How do you prevent a church rat from eating poisoned holy communion"? pic.twitter.com/B5e7tCc405
— Kelvin Odanz (@MrOdanz) October 17, 2022
"Climate change is a question of how do you prevent a church rat from eating a poisoned Holy Communion" ~ Bola Ahmed Tinubu
If you support Tinubu and you poke holes in Peter Obi's speeches thunder suppose fire you !!!!
New Nigeria| pic.twitter.com/fu8bDmeUZQ
— NK£M #PeterObi2023 (@Nkemchor_) October 17, 2022
“Prevent a Church rat from eating a poisoned holy communion”? This statement is a clear evidence Bola Tinubu has no iota of regard, respect and/or reverence for Christians, Churches and Holy Communion. It is utterly blasphemous to even use such wards as “poisoned Holy Communion” pic.twitter.com/2wsECvkzU2
— Uchenna C. Azubuike 🇨🇦 (@uchestro) October 17, 2022
A relic is asked about climate change & his response is about "Church Rat" and Holy Communion"
The desecration of the Church/Christianity by this APC trash is something else.
Can they take a little dose of what they give?
Shaky hands couldn't even read his prepared speech
— Otunba Edward Essien (@edwardessien) October 18, 2022
Whoever asked this man this question needs to be jailed. Wtf is Holy Communion in the context.🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/DMKG5L2Mse
— Fran6iixx Davids (@Fran6iixx_) October 18, 2022
What's it with Tinubu/Shettima and the Church?
The rate at which they denigrate d Church is alarming! The other time they assembled untrained charlatans and made them Bishops. Now, it's about poisoned Holy Communion. What makes it holy if it's poisoned? Can
— Easia NACID (@EasiNACID) October 17, 2022
What is a "Poisoned Holy Communion"…
This man never misses an opportunity to insult your faith.
— Monsieur Avril 🇦🇶 (@monsieur_avril) October 17, 2022
Random person in my dm : "bro i love your satire you are very good at it, i admire your thought process, keep it up"
Me (my thought process): trying to draw a nexus between 'Climate change, a Church, a Rat, an holy communion, and a Poison.'
Dear Tinubu pls have mercy on us. pic.twitter.com/92WEE2g3jd
— KELVIN D' SATIRIST (@K31v1n0) October 17, 2022
Give it up Bola Ahmed Tinubu, you're bereft of ideas! Your poor sense of coordination has nothing to do with old age. It's simply the Agbero in you refusing to hide itself, even in your speeches! Gid forbid BAT Thing!
Arewa/Holy Communion/Festus pic.twitter.com/ewSqMKhebD
— Olivia (PeterObipikin)#ObidientChild (@OliviaAmaka3) October 17, 2022
At the Arewa Joint committee Bola Ahmed Tinubu was asked how he will handle climate change
Tinubu: is an issue of how to stop church rats from eating poisoned holy communion.
Was that supposed to be hyperbole, the figure of speech my literature teacher taught me in sec school
— Chima Obi ✪ (@ChimaOdo) October 18, 2022
We heard about preventing a church rat from eating poisoned holy communion for the first time yesterday.
I served as a mass server for almost 10years and never heard of poisoned holy communion until yesterday l. That man is evil and a relic
— baba_123 (@Izik013) October 18, 2022
Out of billions of things on the planet earth and beyond, how can anybody think of "Poisoned Holy communion" if not that he's mad? How?
How can anybody that is not very mad support this?
— 👑 Blessed🦋 (@Girl_isBlessed) October 17, 2022
Is "church rat eating poisoned holy communion" a saying? Or is Tinubu despising the christians again by suggesting holy communion can be poisoned?
— Chima 💫🐩 (@chimatybt) October 17, 2022
Some of you will make fatally flawed explanation on the blunder your candidate made thinking everyone here is a fool
In your explanation, what does poisoned holy communion connotes
Is there any continent as vulnerable as Africa to the effect of Climate Change 😩
Take 🤌🏿🤌🏿🤌🏿 https://t.co/0gE5CSs6tE
— Baron Chymaker.𝛑 (@chymaker) October 18, 2022
When I heard Tinubu joke about church rat and poisonous holy communion. I just knew that one of those words must trend on twitter today. Baba is giving us back to back comedy every time he raises his left hand. Fear that hand 😂😂😂😂😂
— Ómó Calabar (@omocalabarr) October 18, 2022
The heart of Tinubu is actually dark, how did he think of poisoned holy Communion. 🌚🌚🌚
— Anita Nnam-obi (@peterobi4eva) October 17, 2022
Bola Ahmed Tinubu will soon run sabinus and his colleagues out of the skit industry. 😁😁
What's the correlation between Poisonous Holy Communion and climate change?😭😭God is this even real?!
— NK£M #PeterObi2023 (@Nkemchor_) October 17, 2022
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu compared climate change with a church rat eating poisoned holy communion. As a writer, I have tried over and over to rationalize this statement. 💀
Is it a valid allusion? An idiomatic expression or what exactly? This man is new Sabinus of our time.
— Sir David Onyemaizu🦍 (@SirDavidBent) October 17, 2022
Who knows any church that poisons Holy Communion?
— Ngozi (@NgoziAlegria) October 17, 2022
When Tinubu was asked about climate change at Arewa house ??? His answer
On Climate change, Tinuke said “it’s like stopping the church rat from eating holy communion, we don’t have money, we need to shine our eyes, look the West in the eyes and say to them, if you don’t give us
— Chief Ikukuoma (@IkukuomaC) October 17, 2022
My boss was asked about climate change … he began to talk about holy communion and rat poison. Vote wisely o… We BATIFIEDs are warning y’all to vote wisely. Don’t vote Tinubu
— TINUBU FAVORITE GURL (@onefinebabe2) October 17, 2022
KanyiDaily recalls that former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal had accused Bola Tinubu of hiring fake Christian groups to divide the church.