The ruling All Progressives Congress has threatened to “expose” Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, the Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, who has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to resign or face impeachment.
Mbaka, a former supporter of Buhari, told the National Assembly to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari if he fails to resign over increased insecurity in the country.
Nigeria is currently facing its worst peace-time insecurity, with armed gangs roaming the highways, farmlands, and even schools, kidnapping citizens and asking for ransom.
Yekini Nabena, APC’s Deputy National Publicity Secretary, told Mbaka to desist from making statements that could cause instability in the country and threatened to expose him to the Pope.
Nabena in reaction on Friday to Mbaka’s statement declared it was unfortunate for a man of God “who is supposed to deploy all known spiritual means of averting crisis but rather threatening a democratically elected government for his own personal benefits while pretending to be speaking for the people.”
Citing the Gospel according to Mark in the Bible, Mark 4: 35-40, which documented the episode where Jesus Christ calmed the sea when a storm arose and threatened to sink the boat where Jesus was, Nabena said Jesus did not blame anyone but prayed and calmed the storm.
“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’s why he paid his tax,” Nabena said.
“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.
Nabena asked Mbaka and other clerics to “emulate the likes of Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God RCCG and Pastor WF Kumuyi of the Deeper Life Bible Ministry and many other true men of God who will rather fast and pray to avert a crisis in the country instead of threatening the government of the day”.
