Pastor Isa Elbuba
Nigerian Government trails Pastor who wanted Congregations to vote out Buhari
Pastor Isa Elbuba, the founder of EBOMI Ministries in Northern Nigeria is under the watch of the Federal Government after the video of his sermon, urging his congregation to empower themselves with the Permanent Voters Card (PVC) to vote out President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019, went viral
Pastor Elbuba alleged that Buhari was insensitive to the plights of Nigerians, both Christians and muslims, northerners and southerners.
Online news organisation, Premium Times, reported that the State Security Service, SSS, has moved against the pastor “after he asked church members to vote out President Muhammad Buhari for “failing” Nigerians”
“Attempts by the SSS to arrest Isa El-Buba, founder of EBOMI ministries on Monday night failed, following the quick intervention of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN officials, led by its north central chairman, Yakubu Pam.
The effort almost degenerated into a clash with between SSS operatives and local youth in Jos.
Mr. Pam told PREMIUM TIMES in a telephone interview on Tuesday that CAN had intervened and restored peace”.
Although the source did not link the attempted arrest with Elbuba’s preaching, independent sources said it was in relation to the sermon which went viral on the social media.
Premium Times also said a close source to the pastor said the SSS was after Mr. El-Buba following his comments on the recent killings in Benue state.
He accused President Buhari of incompetence.
In a video, Mr. El-Buba called on church members to obtain voters cards and vote out Mr. Buhari in 2019, blaming him for the Benue killings.
Mr. Pam said the director general of SSS in Abuja had mandated him to interact with Mr. El-Buba, and report back to him (SSS) boss.
More than 70 corpses of Benue farmers were buried in mass last week after they were slaughtered by Fulani herdsmen on the new year day.