Popular Nigerian preacher, Temitope Balogun Joshua has been trending on social media after prophesying that the novel coronavirus will vanish Friday, March 27.

In a viral video, the televangelist is seen telling his congregants that the dreaded disease will go the way it came.

“By the end of this month, no matter the medicine they produced to cure whatever, it will go the way it came…

“If it is not medicine that brought this to the world, medicine cannot take it out, it will go the way it came,” he prophesied.

Watch him in the video below as his comments draw many reactions.

TB Joshua: Coronavirus will vanish tomorrow. Are you reaaady! pic.twitter.com/BEtqPjYGZb

— AyeMojubar (@ayemojubar) March 26, 2020

#TBJoshua Y'all should wait till month ending, when the prophecy came? Did any of you bother to pray.. Mtcheee

— Don Ehim (@Happine25554722) March 27, 2020

#TBJoshua We are believing God for today.

— Efua Ababio Vetsi (@VetsiEfua) March 27, 2020

The man said today so any cases recorded from people already quarantined doesn’t count.#TBJoshua

— PlayBoi Young (@Playboi_Young44) March 27, 2020

Some of the hard core supporters of #TBJoshua are now saying "corona virus is stopping spiritually today, but not physically". We're being tested further pic.twitter.com/mlSFh41Xtv

— Ratombo (@stoneman_o) March 27, 2020

When #TBJoshua had 50% chances of getting the answer right during US elections he got it wrong. Hilliary Clinton didn't become president as he predicted. How worse now.#Covid19SA pic.twitter.com/Rtxe0fDMR4

— John 10:10 (@Erny_Selala) March 27, 2020

Hey stop trolling TB Joshua. The day isn't over yet is it.I haven't heard of any new cases either, so let's just pray it ends today, cause we r all tired of this #TBJoshua

— Bla Yaw (@obrempong__) March 27, 2020