Chief Onuesoke, said that it was not a crime for the priest to demand for contract or help from President Muhammadu Buhari.
He stated this on Saturday April 1st 2021, while responding to questions from newsmen at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on the issue, as the PDP chieftain argued that it wasn’t a crime for Mbaka, to demand for contract from President Buhari if he did.
“What the hell is wrong in asking for contract or compensation from President Buhari if he did? Was Garba Shehu himself not compensated with the position of a spokesman for the President as a pay back for his garrulous disposition during the campaign?
“It is not a crime to ask the president of your country for contracts. Other Buhari supporters were given gifts, appointments, contracts and even oil block, so why was that of Mbaka must be different after defending Buhari before and after the elections,” he queried.
Onuesoke who argued that this obvious blackmail by Shehu Garba would not change the fact that Nigeria is rudderless, recalled that majority of Nigerians who supported Buhari during 2015 election like Mbaka, have been living in regrets because they discovered that the Presidency had derailed.
He maintained that Shehu Garba’s response to Mbaka’s attack on the President was the kind of statement one would expect from a woman jilted by her fiancée not a presidential spokesman, stressing that it was unfortunate that the presidential spokesman did not even make any attempt to debunk the most salient claims made by the spiritual leader.
“Instead of Shehu Garba to defend the reasons why Mbaka is asking the President to resign as a presidential spokesman, he resorted to insulting the person of the Man Of God as if demanding for contract is a crime. There is no former supporters of Buhari that has not parted ways with him except those with appointments. If Mbaka, was the only one to part ways this childish claim from Shehu Garba would have had some traction,” he noted.
Onuesoke argued further that if Shehu Garba was truthful with his allegation, he should release the video or picture of Mbaka visiting Buhari with contractors demanding for contracts rather than his infantile high horse posturing which is aimed at blackmailing the clergy.
“It should be tit for tat and because Fr. Mbaka, has openly requested Buhari to resign or be impeached, Shehu Garba should in equal measure compel the Presidency and APC to release whatever they claim has motivated the priest to call for Buhari’s head,” he demanded.
Recall that Shehu Garba in reaction to the religious leader’s call for President Buhari’s resignation over worsening security situation in Nigeria, has disclosed that Mbaka is attacking the President because the Presidency turned down his request for the award of contract.
