Buhari Salutes Father Mbaka's Courage

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday received Father Ejike Mbaka of the Adoration Ministries at the State House, Abuja.

During the visit, Buhari remarked that one of the best admonitions he ever heard was the one made by Mbaka to the country in the run up to the 2015 Presidential election.

In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, the president thanked the Catholic priest for his exemplary courage.

“Thank you very much for what you have done and said. It brought you out to the whole country as a man of courage. 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,” he said.

Father Mbaka had told his followers just before the presidential election that then President Goodluck Jonathan would fail at the polls because of widespread corruption in his administration and insecurity in the country.

He wished President Buhari a happy 73rd birthday.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo who was also at the meeting described Mbaka as a man “who stood for truth and propriety, and declared corruption unacceptable.”

Osinbajo assured Nigerians that the Buhari administration “is committed to truth and justice, and won’t encourage corruption in any way.”