Popular Catholic priest Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka has
shut down the rumour that he collected cash gifts from President Buhari during
his visit to the Presidential Villa, Vanguard reports.
“When eventually I met Buhari when I went for
prayers at Aso Rock, what I demanded from him was good governance for Nigeria,”
the priest said of his December 18 visit. “I didn’t ask him to give me one
kobo. One kobo of Buhari[‘s money] has never entered my hand.”
Father Mbaka said all he got from the president
was ‘thanks’ for what he had done and said during the 2015 elections. “It
brought you out to the whole country as a man of courage,” President Buhari
reportedly told Father Mbaka. “It was honest and well delivered.
“It has gone into the records as one of the best
concerns expressed from the pulpit, not because it favoured me and my party,
the All Progressives Congress, but because it was good for the country,” the
president concluded.
This visit and the priest’s unabashed support for
the presidency led to the speculation that his transfer to Our Lady’s Parish in
Emene was a punitive measure.
Source: Vanguard
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