Music superstar Zlatan Ibile has come under fire from President Buhari’s spokesman, Bashir Ahmad over his reaction to the Covid-19 announcements from the National Centre For Disease Control, NCDC.

Zlatan, in reacting to the news of 86 new Covid-19 cases, with 70 in Lagos, posted this, possibly signaling a laughter of unbelief:

😂😂😂😂 https://t.co/KYA1iMZIqc

— #ZLATAN20 (@Zlatan_Ibile) April 19, 2020

But Mr Ahmad would have none of it, as he quickly slammed Zlatan with the following words:

Zlatan, as President Buhari stated in his national broadcast on April 13th, ‘this is not a joke, it’s a matter of life and death.’ https://t.co/P1IpHfz7ax

— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) April 20, 2020