Presidency has explained why Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka of the Adoration Ministry, Enugu, withdrew his support for President Muhammadu Buhari and called for his impeachment.
The Presidency claimed that Mbaka’s anger was because he begged Buhari for a contract and wanted him to break the laid down rule to grant the contract for him.
A viral video had shown Mbaka lambasted Buhari over the insecurity in the country and advised him to either resign or be impeached.
But responding in a statement on Friday, Buhari’s spokesman, Garba Shehu said, “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.”