{"id":42155,"date":"2021-05-01T16:37:39","date_gmt":"2021-05-01T16:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=42155"},"modified":"2021-05-01T15:32:48","modified_gmt":"2021-05-01T15:32:48","slug":"ignore-shehu-mbaka-must-be-defended-nnamdi-kanu-urges-igbos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ignore-shehu-mbaka-must-be-defended-nnamdi-kanu-urges-igbos","title":{"rendered":"Ignore Shehu, Mbaka must be defended \u2013 Nnamdi Kanu urges Igbos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Leader of the Proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has called on Igbos to ignore claims by the presidency that<\/p>\n

Father Ejike Mbaka criticised the President because he was denied contracts but rather defend their brother.<\/p>\n

DAILY POST recalls that the priest on Friday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to resign for failing to address the lingering security crisis across the country.<\/p>\n

Mbaka who claimed that the president has failed woefully urged the National Assembly to ensure that Buhari is impeached if he failed to resign.<\/p>\n

The call generated controversy as the president alleged that Mbaka\u2019s comment followed Buhari\u2019s refusal to grant him contracts after he made the request.<\/p>\n

A statement by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, said Mabaka had visited the president at the State House demanding contracts as a reward for his support in the 2015 and 2019 general elections.<\/p>\n

Garba Shehu claimed Mbaka once brought three contractors to the President and insisted he must be rewarded for his support to the President.<\/p>\n

However, Buhari informed him that due process must be followed.<\/p>\n

Reacting, the IPOB leader, in a post on his official Facebook page on Saturday urged the Igbo people not to hate their fellow Biafran.<\/p>\n

The post reads: \u201cRev. Father Mbaka MUST be defended regardless of his perceived faults.<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t allow the trusted character assassination antics of the Janjaweed Caliphate to cause you to hate your own.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter we subdue the Caliphate we can then come home and allocate blame in-house. Never join outsiders to destroy your own\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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