Officials of Nigeria’s Presidency have entered into a verbal fight with a popular Nigerian priest.
The war of words began after Father Ejike Mbaka in a recent sermon criticized President Muhammadu Buhari’s security record.
The man of God had called for Mr. Buhari to resign or face impeachment.
Mbaka is the spiritual director of Adoration Ministries located in Enugu state in Eastern Nigeria.
Prior to the war of words, he had been a longtime supporter of President Buhari, African Entertainment understands.
But he criticized the President that Nigeria’s security had continued to deteriorate under his administration.
However, Mr Buhari’s aides have jumped to his defense, alleging that Mbaka has become hostile to the President after his appeals for government contracts were rejected.
The spokesperson for the presidency Garba Shehu in a tweet, indicated that Mbaka had demanded contracts “as compensation for supporting Buhari.”
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.
— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) April 30, 2021
“Here is the point of departure,” Shehu tweeted.
“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,” according to him.
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.
— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) April 30, 2021
On Friday, an official of the Buhari’s Government threatened to report the priest to the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church ”if he continued to cause disaffection for the Federal Government with his utterances”.
Nigeria continues to face militant attacks in its northeast region. Kidnappings have also been on the increase.
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