Popular Catholic priest and Spiritual Head of Adoration Ministry,
Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, has warned President Muhammadu Buhari that
Nigerians may not vote for him in 2019 if he does not address the high
level of hunger and suffering in the country.
Mbaka has been one of Buhari’s supporters since he asked Nigerians to
reject Goodluck Jonathan of the PDP during the 2015 presidential pool
and predicted Buhari’s victory.
But, in a surprising turn of events, Mbaka cried out on behalf of many Nigerians who are suffering.
In a new message obtained on Tuesday night, Father Mbaka noted that
there was too much suffering in the country, and faulted the President
for not appointing the right people.
He also accused the President of listening to the wrong advice.
He said, “The issue is that Mbaka is speaking as the Spirit leads him
– there is hunger everywhere. My job is to tell leaders the truth, the
landlords are crying, the tenants are lamenting, sellers are crying,
buyers are lamenting – there is hunger on the streets.
“I can’t keep quiet when things are going wrong. I am telling the
President to look around him and know those who are advising him rightly
and those who are telling him that there is no trouble.
“The President should know that there is trouble – if things continue like this, in the next election, nobody will vote for him.
“Whether they like it or not, I am speaking the raw truth. If the
President should have somebody like me and he cannot be talking with me,
then there is a problem.
“There is a problem somewhere; somebody who can advise you without
asking for anything and he is representing the poor masses in the
country and he won’t tell you lies.
“He will praise you when you are doing well and when you are not doing well, he will look at you in the face and tell you.”
Continuing, the Priest said, “I don’t need the President; I need God,
I need the Holy Spirit, I need Jesus; there is suffering everywhere,
people are suffering.
“To feed is now a problem, and an hungry man is an angry man. Hunger
and anger will lead to danger. So, let him know whether he can do away
with some advisers around him and bring in the people who are experts in
economic revamp.
“There are people who are experts..; let them begin to empower
people, people are not empowered, they are still walking around in
vicious circles, planning and planning and planning.”
Mbaka said there were no spaces left in mortuaries across the country.
“Hunger is everywhere, many neighbours don’t eat again, many are
being attacked by hunger, hunger is becoming a normal thing and there
are people responsible for this.
“Mortuary and ambulance business is now thriving because many cannot
afford drugs. In today’s Nigeria, many are becoming hawkers, who will
buy from you, with what?”
“So, the President should sit up – there is a red light blinking on
the country… We need economic experts, gurus, sages that are sincere,
who can come in and think about our economic revamp.”
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