President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Bishop Francis Wale Oke, has criticised reports of a proposed law to prohibit preaching in commercial buses, declaring that Christians would continue evangelising in public regardless of any restriction.
Speaking in a video that has circulated widely on social media, the PFN leader said believers would obey God’s command to preach the gospel rather than comply with any law that seeks to stop public evangelism.
‘We Will Continue to Preach’
Oke urged Christians not to be intimidated by the reported proposal, encouraging them to continue preaching in buses, taxis and other public places.
According to him, the Great Commission given by Jesus Christ requires believers to spread the gospel everywhere, and no government should prevent them from carrying out that responsibility.
“I want to see how 65 million Christians will be imprisoned for preaching in buses,” he said, referring to the PFN’s membership across Nigeria.
He added that if authorities attempted mass arrests, they would have to convert stadiums into prisons because Christians would not stop preaching.
Questions Government Priorities
The cleric also questioned what he described as the government’s focus, arguing that security agencies should concentrate on tackling violent crimes instead.
He asked why attention was allegedly being directed at people preaching the gospel while kidnappers, bandits, killers, rapists and other criminals continued to operate.
Oke maintained that Christians were promoting peace and should not be treated as lawbreakers.
Calls for Repentance
The PFN president further reminded public officials that political offices are temporary, warning that everyone would ultimately give account before God.
He also said that if the reported proposal was pursued, Christians could organise peaceful protests in defence of their constitutional and religious rights.
His comments followed reports claiming that the National Assembly was considering legislation to ban preaching inside commercial vehicles. No official law or enacted legislation confirming such a nationwide ban has been announced.
