Spiritual Director of the Adoration Ministry, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, on Saturday denounced media reports that he attacked President Muhammadu Buhari in a recent message.

Mbaka said he only advised Buhari against marginalisation, urging him to proffer solutions to the hunger in the land.

In a statement released on Sunday by his media aide, Mr. Maximus Ugwuoke, Mbaka said that he only admonished the President against marginalising parts of the country in his appointments.

The statement reads, “Fr. Mbaka equally advised the President on being careful about how he appoints people to prominent positions, so that no region will appear marginalised, as happened in Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation board and charged the President to make sure that those around him are not misguiding him.

“He advised the President on human empowerment and making sure that those who worked for him (Buhari) during the election ought to be empowered – as one good turn deserves another.

“Fr. Mbaka merely reinstated the obvious sufferings that Nigerians are facing (which even the President himself had at points acknowledged and sued for patience and perseverance) and advised the President on the ways to tackle it, that is, by engaging economic gurus and listening to good advisers.

“He pleaded the President to begin a war against hunger, as many are dying hopelessly.

“He stressed that if the hunger, anger and danger continue, Nigerians may not vote for him again, as they would mistake him for the cause of these maladies while in fact he is a solution.”

Oludolapo Adelana

Dolapo is a writer and journalist who works with YNaija. He has interests in Christianity, politics and sports.