Pastor David Ibiyeomie said, “If you collect money to vote, you are Esau. You are complete Esau, you sold your birthright.
By Eugene Onyeji
Like a ravaging epidemic, vote buying is rapidly becoming a momentary menace in Nigeria political space. It is now becoming a new normal for many Nigerian politicians to induce the electorate with materialistic items or benefits either in form of monetary cash, gifts or both.
It is on this background, Pastor David Ibiyeomie of Salvation Ministry declared ahead of the 2023 general elections, that candidates who believe in buying votes will not do well if elected.
Admonishing members of his church against receiving money from politicians to vote them into power, the popular clergy opined that quality leaders don’t believe in buying votes.
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The man of God likened electorates selling their votes to the biblical story of Esau who sold his birthright to his younger brother due to hunger.
Pastor David Ibiyeomie said, “If you collect money to vote, you are Esau. You are complete Esau, you sold your birthright. Don’t collect money, vote who your conscience tells you to vote.
“Poverty, don’t collect money. Okay, how much will somebody give you, when you eat today, won’t you eat tomorrow? Some of you are saying, ‘this man na him go give us money.’ If any man gives you money to vote for him, he is not going to perform”.
