Presidency has on Friday finally reacted to spiritual director of Adoration Ministry (AMEN), Father Ejike Mbaka‘s call for President Muhammadu Buhari‘s impeachment or resignation over the widespread insecurity experienced in the country.
According to Garba Shehu, official spokesman to the President, Ejike Mbaka once brought three contractors to President Muhammadu Buhari but was rebuffed.
This, Shehu, said was behind Mbaka’s call on Buhari to resign over the worsening insecurity in the country.
The presidential spokesman made this known in a statement released via his Facebook page on Friday, titled “Father Mbaka is everything apart form what he claims to be”.
Shehu said an outsider would be surprised that after supporting the President two times to win the Presidency, Father Mbaka made a complete U-turn asking President Buhari to resign or be impeached.
According to the spokesperson, Buhari’s refusal to give Mbaka contracts as compensation for supporting him has been eating him up.
He stated;
Here is the point of departure: Father Mbaka asked for a meeting and to the shock of Presidential Aides, he came accompanied by three contractors. The President graciously allowed them in, and to everyone’s surprise, Father Mbaka asked for contracts as compensation for his support.
Mbaka, a controversial and popular cleric, had endorsed Buhari both in 2015 and 2019 and supported him over the years.
However, on Wednesday he said God is angry with the president over his inaction on the widespread killings across the nation.
The Catholic priest asked the national assembly to impeach him if he fails to resign, saying;
I know people will say, Mbaka did you not pray for Buhari, did Samuel not anoint Saul? What are you talking about? Am I the creator of Buhari? God created him, Nigerians trusted him because he has done well sometimes ago but now how can people just be dying?
Reacting to this, ruling party All Progressives Congress (APC) threatened to report Rev. Fr Ejike Mbaka to Pope Francis and expose his sources of inspiration following his recent call for President Buhari’s impeachment.
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Read Garba Shehu’s full statement below;
FATHER MBAKA IS EVERYTHING APART FROM WHAT HE CLAIMS TO BE
An outsider distilling the avalanche of verbiage, will be surprised that after supporting the President two times to win the Presidency, Father Mbaka has made a complete U-Turn, preposterously asking President Buhari to resign or be impeached.
Here is the point of departure: Father Mbaka asked for a meeting and to the shock of Presidential Aides, he came accompanied by three contractors. The President graciously allowed them in, and to everyone’s surprise, Father Mbaka asked for contracts as compensation for his support.
Anyone familiar with President Buhari knows that he doesn’t break the laid down rules in dealing with contracts or any other government business for that matter. He requested the appropriate authorities to deal with the matter in accordance with laid down rules.
Inside the Villa, discretion prevailed, that if those pictures and requests were made public, the followers will turn against the religious leader. None of it was released. Now, this is what is eating Father Mbaka.
Garba Shehu
Senior Special Assistant to the President
(Media & Publicity)
April 30, 2021.
