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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Catholic Priest and Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Fr Ejike Mbaka, has responded to the claim by the presidency that he demanded for contracts for supporting President Muhammadu Buhari.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesman, Garba Shehu made the claim while reacting to Mbaka\u2019s call for Buhari\u2019s resignation over the high level of insecurity in the country.<\/p>\n

According to him, Fr Mbaka asked for a meeting with the president and came along with three contractors.<\/p>\n

Responding, Mbaka while speaking on Sunday at the Adoration Ministry in Enugu confirmed that he took three contractors to tackle insecurity during Buhari\u2019s first term not for himself.<\/p>\n

According to him, he had no personal relationship with the three men that he took to the presidency.<\/p>\n

Mbaka said, \u201cIn Nigeria, if you say the truth, they attack you. I\u2019m not discouraged and I\u2019ve been waiting for them to challenge everything I said. Challenge the truth, whether there is insecurity or not.<\/p>\n

\u201cSomebody talked about giving me contracts and I started laughing. I\u2019m not here to defend any allegation.<\/p>\n

\u201cBuhari government is not giving me money or contract. It is a laughable and childish accusation. It is a shame to whoever is saying that and to the people he is representing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe three men Shehu talked about; the contract they asked for was for them not me. These three men had gadgets, facilities to handle insecurity during the first term of Buhari.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey said they had a platform to end insecurity in a month. I don\u2019t know these people. They just asked me to help them reach the government and I handed them over to the government.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are the three people they rejected their offer. I\u2019m not begging them. Do they know how many people I feed. I don\u2019t have their number.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhich contract did they deny me of? Do they know how many widows and children I\u2019m taking care of?\u201d<\/p>\n

Mbaka warned the presidency to stop attacking those who say the truth and tackle insecurity, adding that even Garba Shehu, the presidential Spokesman can be killed by bandits.<\/p>\n

\u201cBe careful in your choice of words and be wise. If anybody says the truth, the person is a terrorist. I do my charity without their support. I thank Ugwuanyi who has created an enabling environment here for me.<\/p>\n

\u201cGarba Shehu that is talking, the bandits can kill him too. No amount of security can save them if things get worse.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the support of the government of Enugu, God has given me the grace to do all my projects. If I can be doing this, the federal government should do more.<\/p>\n

He further attacked President Buhari for travelling to the UK for medical check-up.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow would a whole Nigeria not have a good hospital, that our president will be flown out of the country for medical treatment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have shown they don\u2019t have reward mechanism. Shehu should be apologising to me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Catholic Priest and Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Fr Ejike Mbaka, has responded to the claim by the presidency that he demanded for contracts for supporting President Muhammadu Buhari. Presidential Spokesman, Garba Shehu made the claim while reacting to Mbaka\u2019s call for Buhari\u2019s resignation over the high level of insecurity in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":42291,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28,14,26],"tags":[1570,2140,97,4069,363,254],"class_list":["post-42292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-buhari","tag-fr-mbaka","tag-insecurity","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"\nI took three people to Buhari seeking to end insecurity \u2013 Fr Mbaka - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Catholic Priest and Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Fr Ejike Mbaka, has responded to the claim by the p ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-took-three-people-to-buhari-seeking-to-end-insecurity-fr-mbaka\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"I took three people to Buhari seeking to end insecurity \u2013 Fr Mbaka\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Catholic Priest and Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Fr Ejike Mbaka, has responded to the claim by the p ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-took-three-people-to-buhari-seeking-to-end-insecurity-fr-mbaka\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-05-03T17:46:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/img-60901eca20e08.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1120\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-took-three-people-to-buhari-seeking-to-end-insecurity-fr-mbaka#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-took-three-people-to-buhari-seeking-to-end-insecurity-fr-mbaka\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"I took three people to Buhari seeking to end insecurity \u2013 Fr Mbaka\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-03T17:46:52+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-took-three-people-to-buhari-seeking-to-end-insecurity-fr-mbaka\"},\"wordCount\":509,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-took-three-people-to-buhari-seeking-to-end-insecurity-fr-mbaka#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/img-60901eca20e08.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Buhari\",\"Fr. 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