Leave Christians alone, Pastor Ibiyeomie flaks proposed bill stopping bus preaching + Video

Pastor David Ibiyeomie, the Founder of Salvation Ministries, has strongly condemned a newly passed Senate bill that penalises preaching inside commercial buses.

Speaking during a Sunday service in Port Harcourt, the cleric described the legislation as “stupid” and an “anti-Christian” attempt to humiliate the faith.

He warned proponents of the controversial 2026 traffic offence and anti-preaching bill to “leave Christians alone,” saying the proposed law could trigger widespread chaos across Nigeria if enacted.

The Eagle Online recalls that the Nigerian Senate passed the redrafted Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Act (Amendment) Bill, 2026, introducing a N50,000 fine, six months’ imprisonment, or both for anyone caught preaching, hawking, or trading inside commercial vehicles.

Lawmakers argued that the provision is strictly designed to reduce driver distractions and lower commuter accident rates.

The bill has cleared the National Assembly and is currently awaiting the assent of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to become official law.

Reacting to the development, Pastor Ibiyeomie argued that preventing Christians from preaching in buses while allowing Muslims to use loudspeakers amounted to unequal treatment, stressing that freedom of religion must apply equally to everyone.

He accused lawmakers of targeting Christians while ignoring other pressing national issues such as insecurity, hunger and poverty.

He also urged Christians to participate actively in politics to protect their interests.

Pastor Ibiyeomie spoke against the controversial bill, saying, “If you want peace, allow Christians alone as we allow Muslims.

“Are you aware that they said you should not preach in buses? That is a stupid law.

“I will not be alive to see Christ being humiliated.

“Nigeria has got things so wrong. The so-called men in the assembly, I don’t know where they kept their brains.

“If they attempt that in Nigeria, that we will not preach in buses, tomorrow they will say we should not share handbills.

“When they put loudspeakers outside, nobody is talking, and Christians are keeping quiet. I will never be alive to see Christianity being humiliated in Nigeria, never.

“If they do it, some of us will leave. If you want peace, since we allow the Muslims to put microphones and nobody shouted, Christians will preach.

“If they say Christians should not preach, then they go their way, we go our way.

“But I will not be alive as a preacher not to see this gospel being preached.

“They should not promote such laws if they don’t want chaos in Nigeria.”

He called on the government to attend to more disturbing challenges Nigerians are faced with.

He said, “Go ask your president if I have taken one dime from him, so I can talk. You can’t take money from a man and talk to him. Ask him if I have taken one naira from him.

“So listen, if they don’t wake up and stop all this rubbish law, South Africans are killing Nigerians, nobody is talking.

“Nigeria is one of the poorest nations on earth, nobody is talking. They are even saying we are not suffering, when people cannot feed and they say we have the best time in Nigeria.

“Nigeria is in the most difficult time and all of them are keeping quiet. When Jonathan was there, they were shouting, ‘it has come’. Now everyone is quiet.

“Even preachers are quiet, all the preachers are quiet because they know the truth. I will never be a tribalistic preacher.

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