The All Progressives Congress (APC) has threatened to expose what it described as the antics of Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, to the Pope.

Recall that Mbaka had called on the National Assembly to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari if he fails to resign over the increasing spate of insecurity in the country.

This was contained in a statement signed by the APC Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena, cautioned the clergy to stop “reckless comments” that would cause political and social instability in the country.

The statement read in bits; “It is unfortunate that a man of God, who is supposed to deploy all known spiritual means of averting crisis, is rather threatening a democratically elected government for his own personal benefits while pretending to be speaking for the people.

“One would wonder who Father Mbaka is emulating because the Lord Jesus Christ did not threaten to bring down the government during his own time. In fact, Jesus Christ obeyed and honoured constituted authority. That is why he paid his tax.

“We are calling on Father Mbaka to concentrate on his spiritual calling and stop speaking like politicians, who it is obvious he (Mbaka) has been dining and wining with.

“If Mbaka has found another political ally, it is better to leave a political message for politicians.
“Calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to either resign or be impeached because of the current challenges is ungodly.

‘Father Mbaka should not, however, take his luck too far because there is a lot to tell the Vatican and the Pope about his person and his sources of inspiration,” Nabena said.

The Presidency on Friday night became down hard on Catholic Priest, Fr Ejike Mbaka, saying his new found opposition to President Muhammadu Buhari  was because he was denied contracts.

Recall that Mbaka had during the week called for the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari over the high level of insecurity in the country.

Speaking at the Adoration Ministry in Enugu, Mbaka said Buhari has failed Nigeria woefully and that he should resign now or be impeached .

But the Presidency on Friday in a statement titled Father Mbaka Is Everything Apart From What He Claims To Be, signed Presidential 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.

According to the statement; “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.”

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday charged the Department of State Services (DSS) and other security agencies to immediately invite the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, to name politicians in the All Progressives Congress (APC) that are behind the acts of terrorism and banditry ravaging our nation.

Recall that Akpabio had on Thursday attributed the current state of insecurity across Nigeria to part of alleged plots to derail this government.

Reacting to this comment, the PDP stated that there is a self-professed evidence that Senator Akpabio is privy to certain terrorism related information which he must be made to share with the DSS as well as other security agencies.

In a statement made available by PDP spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan said, “our party’s position is predicated on comments made by Senator Akpabio at the APC national secretariat in Abuja on Thursday that the acts of terrorism in our country are ‘politically motivated’ and that they are handiwork of infiltrators from neighbouring countries.

The statement read in bits; “It is instructive to state that Senator Akpabio’s revelation provides more insight into the alleged affiliation of APC leaders with terrorist elements, who had reportedly infiltrated our nation after being imported from neighboring countries by the APC, as political mercenaries, to assist it in unleashing violence to rig the 2019 general elections.”

The PDP invited Nigerians to note that the APC and its leaders have failed to account for these mercenaries and have remained silent despite widespread demands by Nigerians asking the APC to return these killers to wherever they brought them.

“Moreover, Senator Akpabio’s position also points to the shocking unmasking of a member of the APC led Federal Executive Council, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, as a terrorism apologist.

“It is quite revealing that despite Pantami’s confession of being a terrorism apologist, the Buhari Presidency had granted him official cover, while the APC had continued in its conspiratorial silence in the face of escalated killings and occupation of parts of our nation by terrorists.

“Our party can also recall how the APC government, instead of going after the assailants, rather blamed the 43 rice farmers, who were last year beheaded by terrorists in Borno state, accusing them of not getting permission before going about their legitimate business in their own country,” the party said.

PDP recalled how some governors elected on the platform of the APC where seen having photo-ops with gun-wielding bandits in addition to their vehement opposition to PDP’s call on the federal government to impose a national emergency on security.

The statement continued; “The stance of the APC and its administration have continued to embolden terrorists to escalate their activities to the extent that our nation now ranks third in the world terrorism index.

“Now that Senator Akpabio has shown that he has certain information regarding the spur for escalated acts of terrorism in our country, our party urges the DSS and other security agencies to immediately invite him for questioning so as to expose the politicians in his party that are behind the ugly situation in our country,” the party said.