Nigeria belongs to all, Christians are not infidels, El-Buba slams Jingir
August 10, 2026 11:58 pm
The General Overseer of El-Buba Outreach Ministries, Prophet Isa El-Buba
The General Overseer of El-Buba Outreach Ministries, Prophet Isa El-Buba, has criticised Islamic cleric, Sheikh Yahya Jingir, over his reported reference to Christians as “infidels” and comments supporting a Muslim-Muslim ticket.
Jingir had, in a video circulating on social media, reportedly said Nigerians who opposed a Muslim-Muslim ticket should leave the country, arguing that Nigeria belonged to Muslims.
Reacting to the remarks, El-Buba accused the cleric of promoting religious division at a time when northern Nigeria is battling insecurity, poverty, banditry, drug abuse, criminality and the displacement of communities.
In a video shared on his X account on Monday, the cleric said he was speaking with a “very serious, heavy heart,” arguing that religious leaders should be focused on promoting peaceful coexistence.
“I’m coming to every Nigerian with a very serious, heavy heart, because I thought that at this stage of our lives, especially when we’re getting older, we should begin to think about Nigeria and how we can all live together in peace,” he said.
El-Buba said he had supported thousands of Muslims in northern Nigeria despite having no personal relationship with them.
“As of today, I have supported over 10,000 Muslims across northern Nigeria. They have no relationship with me at all, whether it is the school of their children, whether it is their housekeeping, it is home issues and all of that,” he said.
He condemned Jingir’s reported reference to Christians as infidels, questioning the consequences if Christian leaders adopted similar rhetoric against Muslims.
“Somebody is standing there in your meeting shouting Muslim, calling Christians infidels. And I’m going to go take this. If Christians should do this, who is going to have a country?” El-Buba asked.
The cleric also challenged northern leaders to focus on addressing the region’s socio-economic and security challenges instead of making statements capable of inflaming religious tensions.
“Northern Nigerian Muslims with the highest capital poverty of the world. Are you not ashamed? Are you not ashamed that banditry is here in the north? Criminality is here in the north. It is here in the north you have the highest level of drug addicts,” he said.
He urged religious leaders to use their influence to help communities overcome insecurity and poverty.
“You are supposed to be, if you are sane, to begin to preach the message that will help to bring people out of bondage and out of their captivity,” he said.
Instead, El-Buba accused Jingir of making statements capable of inciting Christians.
“You are there making stupid statement and inciting against Christians and calling them, look at them infidels if they think they have voting power,” he said.
He also appealed to Muslims who disagreed with such rhetoric to speak out against it.
“I am speaking to my Muslim brothers who are saying you cannot be allowing this kind of creatures to be flowing among you,” he said.
El-Buba further criticised the Kano State Government for what he described as its response to the cleric’s remarks, saying religious and political leaders should promote justice and fairness.
“Nigeria belongs to all of us,” he declared.
He maintained that Nigeria was bigger than individuals or religious interests and called for unity, saying, “It’s time we prove to such wicked, evil, brainless creatures that Nigeria is bigger than them.”
The comments come amid renewed political and religious debates over power-sharing and the possibility of a Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Watch the video below:
𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐓𝐨 𝐀𝐥𝐥, 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬, 𝐄𝐥-𝐁𝐮𝐛𝐚 𝐒𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐉𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐫
Credit: X | isaelbuba
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