Renowned Catholic Priest

Renowned Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka,

has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to

abandon his re-election bid so that the All

Progressives Congress candidate, Maj.Gen

Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) can emerge the

winner of the presidential election next month.

Mbaka, who heads the popular Catholic

Adoration Centre in Enugu, said this in his New

Year sermon titled “From Good luck to Bad luck,”

while addressing thousands of parishioners on

Thursday.

He urged all well-meaning Nigerians to vote for

Buhari on February 14.

According to the cleric, Jonathan has

disappointed Nigerians and cannot deliver the

dividends of democracy to the people.

Mbaka subsequently knelt down in front of the

altar, cried and asked God to give Nigeria a good

leader and not Jonathan. He used the

opportunity to beg Nigerians to vote wisely in the

forthcoming elections.

He said, “I love President Goodluck Jonathan and

I used to be his ardent fan, but I want good for

my people and that’s why I want Nigerians to

vote out Goodluck Jonathan and vote General

Muhammad Buhari. I don’t care if Buhari is a

Muslim and from the North; all I care about is

that Buhari can save Nigeria.”

Ironically, Mbaka had recently endorsed

Jonathan’s re-election.

It was learnt that the Deputy Senate President,

Ike Ekweremadu, had taken Jonathan’s wife,

Patience, to Mbaka, where the cleric said he

would pray for Jonathan’s victory.

However, after prayers, Mbaka said the sign he

received from God was that Jonathan was not fit

to rule the nation anymore.

Mbaka further explained that one of the reasons

Jonathan is no longer fit to rule Nigeria for the

next four years was the high level of insecurity

which the President had failed to address as well

as corruption in the country.

He said it was unfortunate that the over 200

Chibok girls who were abducted by terrorists

over 200 days ago had not been rescued despite

series of promises made by Jonathan.

He further urged the Federal Government to

account for the missing $20bn and stop

insurgency in the country.

Mbaka maintained that Buhari could not Islamise

Nigeria as being rumoured in some circles.

He said he had never met the APC candidate but

urged Nigerians not to forget that Buhari fought

corruption to a standstill during his

administration between December 1983 and

August 1985.