Nigerians Must Mobilise Against Electoral Injustice – Prophet El-Buba

The general overseer of the Evangelical Bible Outreach Ministries International (EBOMI), Prophet Isah El-Buba, has urged Nigerians to mobilise enmasse to confront electoral injustice.

Speaking at the gathering of civil society leaders who protested at the entrance of the National Assembly for making electronic transmission of results mandatory, El-Buba described the struggle for credible elections as a battle that must be fought on multiple fronts.

“We must expand the frontiers of this battle as quickly as possible. You cannot take power from these people by one means only,” he said.

He urged Nigerians to match every tactic of those in power with a counter-strategy.

“If they surround us with elections, we surround them at the elections. If they surround us with network, we surround them with our own network. If they surround us with hunger, we confront them with ideas that can liberate us from their hunger,” he declared.

He emphasized the role of the Nigerian youths in shaping the nation’s future. “This is your country.”

He said “the maximum number of people here is less than 500, but when we are ready, 500,000 people can make the 500 people do whatever we want, including coming to sweep the floor of the protest one by one,” he said, drawing applause from the crowd.

He criticized the current scale of protests, noting that more people often gather for other causes.

“There is no reason why there are more people protesting at the ESCC than are protesting for fair elections. We can do better; this is small compared to what we have done in the past,” he added.

The EBOMI leader framed the movement as a potential uprising, stressing the need for organization and confrontation. “Each time Nigeria had a little bit of consciousness, there’s always an uprising before it. I think we are due for another uprising, and the only way to get this is to organize and confront these people,” he said.

Describing himself as a revolutionary rather than a reformist, he called for relentless pressure on those in power.

“I’m not one of those who say there’s no need for confrontation. You have to make them go 15 miles so you can secure your own one mile. That is my position, and I hope you are all on board,” he stated.

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