The sour romance between Buhari and Mbaka is all about contracts, presidency claims, amid his call for NASS to sack him

The gloves are off in the romance turned sour between Catholic Priest, Father Ejike Mbaka and President Muhammadu Buhari: now Buhari’s handlers are claiming the smooch woochy relationship went awry because the Presidency declined to give him contracts.

The Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu Nigeria (AMEN), Mbaka, a fierce supporter of President Muhammadu Buhari n the last few tears, especially before the 2015 and 2019 elections, had challenged the National Assembly to commence impeachment proceedings against President Muhammadu Buhari immediately over the killings in the land.

But the Presidency is claiming that Mbaka’s call is really not altruistic. Buhari’s media man-friday and spokesman, Mr. Garba Shehu, says, “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.”

Mbaka in Enugu, told his congregation last week, “Nigerians are crying because there’s no security in the country. The National Assembly should impeach the President if he doesn’t resign,” adding that should they fail to do so, “something worse than what they can never imagine” would happen to them.

“How can people be dying and the chief security officer of the country would be sitting down without making any comment. Gunmen attacking people everywhere. Buhari should have resigned honourably following his (alleged) failure as a leader.

“Let me tell you that if it were in a civilised country, President Buhari would have resigned by now…. So, it is amazing that he has chosen to sit tight while people are dying daily.

“Enough has to be enough. There is time for everything.” He beseeched God to change the hearts of Nigerian leaders, wondering how someone could become a billionaire with the commonwealth of the people.

He urged Christian and leaders to pray against the activities of herdsmen-killers, andfor divine intervention.

His words, “I plead that church leaders should understand me as a messenger of God and stop attacking me…..

“When gunmen begin to strike inside the church, they will begin to kill one man of God or the other or even members.”