Fresh facts
emerged
yesterday on why
the fiery Catholic
priest and founder
of the highly
regarded Enugu-
based Adoration
Ministries, Rev Fr
Ejike Mbaka, last
week warned the
electorate not to
vote for the
candidate of the
ruling People’s
Democratic Party
(PDP), President
Goodluck
Jonathan, in the
forthcoming
February 14, 2015
presidential
election.
LEADERSHIP
gathered that the
Catholic priest
was nudged by
the leadership of
the Roman
Catholic Church in
Nigeria to
prophesy that the
re-election of
President
Jonathan would
spell disaster for
the country.
A usually reliable
source said that
for some time
now, the Catholic
community has
been nursing
grudges against
the president
following
insinuations that
he has been
parleying with the
Anglican Church,
while neglecting
the Roman
Catholic Church.
President
Jonathan is said
to be an Anglican.
It was gathered
that the
leadership of the
Catholic Church
choose Fr Mbaka
to make the
statement given
the fearless way
he had spoken out
against
oppressive
regimes in the
past, which nearly
cost him his life
during the
administration of
former Enugu
State Governor
Chimaroke
Nnamani, after
assassins shot
him at close
range.
However, it was
also gathered
that the
presidential
candidate of the
All Progressives
Congress (APC),
Gen Muhammadu
Buhari (rtd), had
sent a powerful
delegation to
Enugu on
December 31,
2014, to woo Fr
Mbaka to support
his presidential
ambition.
A source close to
the meeting said
Fr Mbaka’s speech
came few hours
following the
meeting with
Buhari’s
delegation.
LEADERSHIP
recalls that when
recently President
Jonathan’s wife,
Patience,
worshipped at the
Adoration
Ministries ground
located at Ijineke
Emene in Enugu
East local
government area,
Fr Mbaka urged
Ndigbo to support
the second term
bid of her
husband.
LEADERSHIP
further gathered
that the hierarchy
of the Catholic
Church was
rankled over Fr
Mbaka’s advice to
Ndigbo to vote for
the PDP
presidential
candidate, hence
he was allegedly
ordered by the
leadership of the
Catholic
community to
warn the
electorate that
voting for the
incumbent
president would
spell disaster for
Nigeria.
Delivering a
message entitled,
“From Goodluck to
Bad Luck” at the
Adoration
Ministries ground
on New Year’s
Eve, Mbaka said
that when the
first lady Dame
Patience Jonathan
visited the
Adoration Ground
recently, he had
conducted a
spiritual exercise
by lifting four
birds to fly, but
the fourth and
most healthy of
the birds refused
to fly.
Mbaka revealed
that he did
everything to
make the fourth
bird to fly but it
refused to fly,
and God
ministered to him
not to worry the
bird any further.
The cleric
expressed regret
that in the annals
of Nigeria’s
history, there has
not been a time
the country
recorded so much
bloodshed like the
current
administration.
Mbaka recalled
that the whole
country had
looked forward
for a leader who
would give jobs to
the teeming
unemployed
youths, provide
mass education,
electricity and
maximum
security and
industrialize
Nigeria in
anticipation that
oil will one day
melt away.
“There emerged a
Goodluck and
Goodluck met face
to face with
Yar’Adua and
Yar’Adua died.
When Goodluck
met Yar’Adua,
Yar’Adua had bad
luck and died.
Goodluck met our
oil; our oil had bad
luck and melted
away. He met our
Naira, our Naira
had bad luck.
“Where are we?
What is the fate
of this country?
Do we continue
with bad luck?
Many civil
servants did not
go home with
December salary.
What did they use
to celebrate
Christmas?
“By December 5,
the children will go
back to school.
The parents are
expected to pay
their school fees.
Are they going to
use their urine to
pay? Are they
going to use stool
to pay school
fees,” queried the
fiery Catholic
priest during his
ministration on
December 31,
2014.
Fr Mbaka called on
all prophetic
voices in the
country to speak
up, saying that
even those who
have been bought
over should speak
up because of the
destiny of our
children.
He said: “What is
kidnapping?
Kidnapping is the
grandson of
unemployment,
mass looting and
corruption. As it
stands now,
Jonathan should
resign. The
Goodluck of
Jonathan has
become bad luck
to Nigeria.
“In few months
to come, many
people are going
to lose their jobs.
“During elections,
Jonathan will
answer Azikiwe
and Ebele to
become an
Igboman. After
election, the
Azikiwe and Ebele
will vanish. Look
at our federal
roads built by
Buhari and
Babangida. The
continuity of
Jonathan means
disaster to
Nigeria. We need
change,” Mbaka
had said.
Expressing worry
about the future
of the children,
the cleric noted
that they are
being admonished
to go to school
and yet the
government
schools are not
functional.
He warned that
Nigeria was like an
egg waiting to be
broken in the
hands of
President
Jonathan, but said
such would not be
allowed it to
happen.
Mbaka lamented
that pastors have
become vultures
and hawks around
Jonathan, eating
the porridge of
Jacob and selling
their prophetic
rights, adding that
some are turning
Naira into dollars
and flying them
out of the country
in private jets.
Noting that
anointing is now
merchandise in
Aso Rock, he said
the men of God
telling Jonathan to
continue, should
question their
prophetic
anointing.
He continued:
“When a man is
eating well and his
children are
hungry, is that
man still a father.
When a mother is
dressing well and
eating well and
her children are
Unclad and
hungry, will you
say she is still a
mother?
“Any moment
from now, they
will start telling us
that this person is
a Christian, this
person is a
Muslim. I am not
campaigning for
anybody. I am
filled with tears
over what is
happening in
Nigeria. The way
Nigeria is going
now, Goodluck’s
office, let another
take,” Mbaka said
