Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, the Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu, has admitted discussing a contract with President Buhari, though he emphasized that it wasn’t for personal gain.
The presidency had accused the cleric of bringing three contractors to President Muhammadu Buhari but was rebuffed. Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, said, the reason why Mbaka is calling for Buhari to resign is not due to the high rate of insecurity in the country.
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Shehu claimed that Father Mbaka asked for compensation for supporting Buhari’s government but was turned down by the Presidency. Addressing thousands in his congregation in Emene, Enugu state, Mbaka said the white men in question were in Enugu to request his assistance in reaching the president.
He also attacked Shehu and the presidency for choosing to hide the truth while “you started attacking the person who said the truth.” He said:
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“When they talked about giving Father Mbaka contracts, I don’t want to talk about that, I was laughing. It is a laughable, childish accusation. Whoever is saying that is a shame to himself and shame to the people he is representing. The three men he talked about, I am not here to defend anybody’s stupid allegation, but God used that man to tell the world that Buhari’s government is not giving me money. Shehu, may God bless you for telling everybody that you are not giving me a contract. And these are the three men that we brought that will handle insecurity for the country; they had the gadgets. The white people had the facilities. That was during the first administration.
“They said they will help them in conquering insecurity. They had the platform to end insecurity in this country under one month; under Abba Kyari. I just handed them over to the government people. They denied them of these. I don’t even know these people. They just came to Enugu and said, can I help them reach the government, that the level of insecurity in this country and how Nigeria has been shipping their oil out, refining and bringing them back, that we are losing. That they have all it takes to revive the oil apparatus in the country and get the whole youths employed and the issue of insecurity will die. These are the three people they rejected their offer, since they know how to talk.”
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