Nigerian comedian, Okey Bakassi, has slammed Christain clerics who criticised comedians for making light of the message of God in their jokes.

Recently, the founder of the Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman, condemned comedians who enjoy using Jesus Christ to crack jokes for their audience.

Suleman said such comedians do not have any regard for Jesus adding that some will come him “Bros J.”

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While defending his colleagues, Okey Bakassi, who has been in the business for 25 years, said that such pastors were speaking out of ignorance.

He said, 

“I think sometimes people talk out of ignorance. With due respect to what people believe in; when some of these pastors talk, you see a lot of ignorance. If you do not understand some aspects of a business, you either keep quiet or ask questions.

“You can also do your research. We do not talk so much about Islam simply because most comedians are Christians and we understand our own religion more than other religions, so we try to stay away from subjects we know nothing about.

“Do you want us to talk about a religion we know nothing about and stand the risk of misinforming the public as opposed to talking about what we know and understand? Even the pastors, do they talk about Islam on the pulpits? Is it not Christianity they talk about and don’t they make light of some things in the Bible just to get their message across?

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“So why is it that some people just like to pick on comedians as if we are the only problem they have? I think it is ignorance.”