Fr Mbaka visits Buhari in Villa, meet behind closed doors

Mathew Dadiya, Abuja

The fiery Catholic Priest and Director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, has visited President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, where they met behind closed doors. The controversial cleric, who had predicted that President Buhari would defeat the then President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan in the 2015 election, arrived the forecourt of the president’s office at about 12 noon. Mbaka was recently criticized over his outburst in a video where he chastised the Peoples Democratic Party’s vice presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, for not donating money to his congregation. He later apologised to Mr. Obi who had remained calm at the adoration ground despite what was viewed as unwarranted attack from the cleric who had wanted the former Anambra State governor to openly announce his donation to the ministry. On arrival through the security gate, in a BMW car, maroon colour, Mbaka made straight to the president’s office complex. After sometime, the former Senate President, Chief Ken Nnamani, arrived and went straight to the President’s office. Though some members of the State House correspondents had waited to know why he was at the Villa, but he took the security gate while going. The Daily Times recalls that the Catholic Diocese of Enugu had in December 2018, banned Rev. Fr. Mbaka from endorsing politicians seeking elective offices. The church had also asked Mbaka to send a written apology to former Anambra State governor and the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) vice presidential candidate, Peter Obi, over their recent altercation.