A man was told to get off a London bus for preaching the gospel to his fellow passengers.In a video, uploaded online, the man, who is believed to be Nigerian, is told by the bus driver that the police will be called if he doesn’t leave.
“It’s up to you,” the defiant passenger shoots back at the driver, refusing to move from his seat at the back of the lower deck.
“I am preaching in Jesus Christ,” he goes on. “I have never injured any man, I am preaching the word of life.”
When the driver retreats to his cabin, to apparently call the police, another irate passenger stands up and tells the man of God, who speaks with a heavy African accent, he is “delaying me from getting home”.
“Get off the bus or he is calling the police,” she says. “You’re holding the bus up, idiot.”
“I am not holding anyone up,” the man, who is referred to as a ‘pastor’ on various Nigerian blogs, replies.
It is at this point the driver re-appears and tells him: “You are [holding the bus up]because you’re preaching and no one wants to hear it. People want to go home.”
While it’s not clear where the incident took place, the 436 bus is visible in the background. It’s route begins in Paddington and terminates in Lewisham.