Main PageMy Endorsement Of Jonathan In November Was A 'Spiritual Drama' - Rev Fr Mbaka
Before his blistering New Year eve attack on
President Goodluck Jonathan, with a demand he
resigns or be voted out over Nigeria's alarming
insecurity and corruption, outspoken Catholic
Priest, Ejike Mbaka, had a month earlier praised
the president for "doing well", defending him for
not rescuing the abducted Chibok girls, a
recording of the Church's session shows.
At a November 2014 session of his Enugu parish,
Father Mbaka told the visiting wife of the
president, Patience Jonathan, that her husband
had "done well", and deserved a second term.
He said Mr. Jonathan could have done more if not
for "distractions", apparently referring to the
security challenges the administration has
grappled with for years.
The cleric also faulted those blaming the president
for not rescuing more than 200 schoolgirls
abducted from Chibok by Boko Haram militants
more than nine months ago.
Campaigners had no reason asking the president
to return the girls home since Mr. Jonathan was
not keeping them, the priest said.
"Jonathan is not a kidnapper," Mr. Mbaka declared
at a session also attended by deputy senate
president, Ike Ekweremadu, and thousands of
worshippers.
A little more than a month later, the priest
backtracked and urged Mr. Jonathan to "quietly
resign" for failing to stem corruption and
insecurity, and failing to provide jobs for Nigerian
youth.
He also endorsed Mr. Jonathan's main challenger
in February presidential election, Muhammadu
Buhari, canvassing support for him.
It is not clear why the priest reversed his earlier
position just within weeks. PREMIUM TIMES could
not contact his office Saturday.
But Mr. Mbaka's blunt remarks on December 31
night appears a pointer to the uncertainties that
may emerge as the nation moves towards
February elections, which promises to be the
nation's most closely contested since 1999.
The comments have sparked extensive debate in
the country, the most intense yet for 2015.
At the November session, Mrs. Jonathan was the
special guest of honour as the Enugu Church
marked its 2014 annual thanksgiving and bazaar.
She took a Bible reading from Genesis chapter 12:
2-3.
Later, speaking directly to the First Lady as she
knelt before the altar, Father Mbaka described her
as a mother whose passion for Nigeria is widely
acknowledged.
He said his ministry had always prayed for
President Jonathan not only to win elections but to
excel in leadership.
"We are not stopping, because we want him to go
back. Even if you don't come here, we keep praying
for him," the priest said, addressing Mr. Jonathan
directly. "Because the first one we did you were
not here. We are not sycophantic. Because you
and your husband have done well, in spite of the
distractions."
On performance, he said the president had done
well, and could have done better, but for the
"distractions".
"They are distracting you so that you will not
achieve much," he told Mrs. Jonathan. "You have
done this without distraction, what of if there is no
distraction."
He assured Mrs. Jonathan to "Go with the
consolation of the Holy Spirit. The anointing of the
Lord says God will make your family great."
While urging Nigerians to pray for the peace and
unity of the country, the clergy lambasted those
asking Mr. Jonathan to bring back the Chibok girls.
"Jonathan must bring back the Chibok girls. Is
Jonathan holding them? he asked scornfully,
before turning to query the kneeling first lady,
"Are they living in your house?"
When the congregation responded with a loud
"No," the priest declared, "So anybody positioning
the concept of Jonathan must bring back the
Chibok girls, then such people are holding the
girls. They should release them. Not Jonathan.
Jonathan is not a kidnapper."
Mrs. Jonathan later thanked the Church for the
"spiritual intervention", and said she was
encouraged to "bring our people to the path of
peace and unity at this time we are facing security
challenges."
Mr. Mbaka later offered special prayers for the
first lady and her husband.
But barely a month on, the priest accused Mr.
Jonathan of steering Nigeria almost to ruin.
"We need change, whatever it will be, let it be. This
is my golden message to my beloved country," he
said in a sermon titled, 'From good luck to bad
luck'. "What actually is happening? The multitude
of our youth; the quality young men, quality young
women, brilliants youth – but nobody has plans
for any of you, our so called leaders should come
and apologise. In 2015, it shall not continue like
that."
Edged on by the crowed that cheered and
screamed, the priest continued, "During election,
Jonathan will answer Azikiwe, Ebele and become
an Ibo man and after election, the Ebele, the
Azkiwe and Goodluck will vanish from his identity.
Who is fooling who actually?
The priest recalled the November session with
the First Lady, and said the "spiritual drama"
he performed that day, using pigeons, showed
the president would lose the forthcoming
elections.
He said four birds were freed from the cage to
fly up but the one that represented Mr.
Jonathan refused to move even though it was
the healthiest.
"When God rejected Saul, David took over. Let me
tell you, in the history of Nigeria, we have never
experienced bloodshed as we have in the time of
Goodluck. If Goodluck means bloodshed for
Nigerians, are you waiting until your own blood is
shed," he said, as the crowad chorused, "No".
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Na wa o... is the Nigerian Catholic church OK with
this?
President Goodluck Jonathan, with a demand he
resigns or be voted out over Nigeria's alarming
insecurity and corruption, outspoken Catholic
Priest, Ejike Mbaka, had a month earlier praised
the president for "doing well", defending him for
not rescuing the abducted Chibok girls, a
recording of the Church's session shows.
At a November 2014 session of his Enugu parish,
Father Mbaka told the visiting wife of the
president, Patience Jonathan, that her husband
had "done well", and deserved a second term.
He said Mr. Jonathan could have done more if not
for "distractions", apparently referring to the
security challenges the administration has
grappled with for years.
The cleric also faulted those blaming the president
for not rescuing more than 200 schoolgirls
abducted from Chibok by Boko Haram militants
more than nine months ago.
Campaigners had no reason asking the president
to return the girls home since Mr. Jonathan was
not keeping them, the priest said.
"Jonathan is not a kidnapper," Mr. Mbaka declared
at a session also attended by deputy senate
president, Ike Ekweremadu, and thousands of
worshippers.
A little more than a month later, the priest
backtracked and urged Mr. Jonathan to "quietly
resign" for failing to stem corruption and
insecurity, and failing to provide jobs for Nigerian
youth.
He also endorsed Mr. Jonathan's main challenger
in February presidential election, Muhammadu
Buhari, canvassing support for him.
It is not clear why the priest reversed his earlier
position just within weeks. PREMIUM TIMES could
not contact his office Saturday.
But Mr. Mbaka's blunt remarks on December 31
night appears a pointer to the uncertainties that
may emerge as the nation moves towards
February elections, which promises to be the
nation's most closely contested since 1999.
The comments have sparked extensive debate in
the country, the most intense yet for 2015.
At the November session, Mrs. Jonathan was the
special guest of honour as the Enugu Church
marked its 2014 annual thanksgiving and bazaar.
She took a Bible reading from Genesis chapter 12:
2-3.
Later, speaking directly to the First Lady as she
knelt before the altar, Father Mbaka described her
as a mother whose passion for Nigeria is widely
acknowledged.
He said his ministry had always prayed for
President Jonathan not only to win elections but to
excel in leadership.
"We are not stopping, because we want him to go
back. Even if you don't come here, we keep praying
for him," the priest said, addressing Mr. Jonathan
directly. "Because the first one we did you were
not here. We are not sycophantic. Because you
and your husband have done well, in spite of the
distractions."
On performance, he said the president had done
well, and could have done better, but for the
"distractions".
"They are distracting you so that you will not
achieve much," he told Mrs. Jonathan. "You have
done this without distraction, what of if there is no
distraction."
He assured Mrs. Jonathan to "Go with the
consolation of the Holy Spirit. The anointing of the
Lord says God will make your family great."
While urging Nigerians to pray for the peace and
unity of the country, the clergy lambasted those
asking Mr. Jonathan to bring back the Chibok girls.
"Jonathan must bring back the Chibok girls. Is
Jonathan holding them? he asked scornfully,
before turning to query the kneeling first lady,
"Are they living in your house?"
When the congregation responded with a loud
"No," the priest declared, "So anybody positioning
the concept of Jonathan must bring back the
Chibok girls, then such people are holding the
girls. They should release them. Not Jonathan.
Jonathan is not a kidnapper."
Mrs. Jonathan later thanked the Church for the
"spiritual intervention", and said she was
encouraged to "bring our people to the path of
peace and unity at this time we are facing security
challenges."
Mr. Mbaka later offered special prayers for the
first lady and her husband.
But barely a month on, the priest accused Mr.
Jonathan of steering Nigeria almost to ruin.
"We need change, whatever it will be, let it be. This
is my golden message to my beloved country," he
said in a sermon titled, 'From good luck to bad
luck'. "What actually is happening? The multitude
of our youth; the quality young men, quality young
women, brilliants youth – but nobody has plans
for any of you, our so called leaders should come
and apologise. In 2015, it shall not continue like
that."
Edged on by the crowed that cheered and
screamed, the priest continued, "During election,
Jonathan will answer Azikiwe, Ebele and become
an Ibo man and after election, the Ebele, the
Azkiwe and Goodluck will vanish from his identity.
Who is fooling who actually?
The priest recalled the November session with
the First Lady, and said the "spiritual drama"
he performed that day, using pigeons, showed
the president would lose the forthcoming
elections.
He said four birds were freed from the cage to
fly up but the one that represented Mr.
Jonathan refused to move even though it was
the healthiest.
"When God rejected Saul, David took over. Let me
tell you, in the history of Nigeria, we have never
experienced bloodshed as we have in the time of
Goodluck. If Goodluck means bloodshed for
Nigerians, are you waiting until your own blood is
shed," he said, as the crowad chorused, "No".
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/
headlines/174210-before-attacking-jonathan-priest-
ejike-mbaka-praised-president-endorsed-his-re-
election.html
Na wa o... is the Nigerian Catholic church OK with
this?
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