Warriors Have Smoking Guns

Mon, May 10, 2021
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By Ment Nomeh

‘…..WHATEVER points Garba Shehu wants to swagger with to challenge Mbaka’s range fight, they are dull image laundering strategy.

The nation boils. The spin-doctor isn’t at work either…..’

Curious enough, we cannot abuse the good fortune of our masters for whatever reason. Our masters, political or religious, know it all! And we are expected to believe them; swallow all, hook, line, and sinker as they say. The masters have smoking guns, even if it’s verbiage. Fear them.

Nevertheless, their swaga is an entertainment, sometimes an embarrassment. Enter Rev Fr. Ejike Camillus Mbaka and Mallam Garba Shehu.

Fr. Mbaka and Garba Shehu are fiery men ready to take on recalcitrant targets; persons and institutions.  Reverend Father Mbaka is incharge of Adoration Ministry in Enugu just like Garba is a spin-doctor, in the presidency firing, recklessly.

Rev Fr Mbaka

Rev Fr Mbaka, a young Man-of-God rescuing souls in matters spirituals, and of course currially. Man must wack, you know! He stands for the crowd; telling powers, like his elder colleagues, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, Bishop Mathew Kuka etc , that the lead have right to decent living.

In the passing fortnight, he turned against his friend, our President, Muhamnadu Buhari, the man he foresaw his success at 2015 and 2019 elections. He had gleefully told him and supported the adventure. It worked.

This time he barked, asking President Buhari to ‘resign or be impeached” on account of the inability to challenge the intimidating national insecurity. The voice of powerful prophet, a seer, the voice of God.

Mbaka has got his equal in Mallam Garba Shehu one of the Presidential Spokespersons. Mallam Garba fired:  “ Mbaka asked for contracts as compensation for his support….but the President requested the appropriate authorities to deal with the matter in accordance with laid down rules……Now, this is what is eating Mbaka.” The Rev. Fr was threatened with the possible report to Pope for sanction. The bubble.

The Catholic Bishop of Enugu Diocese was said to have summoned Mbaka from where he disappeared and resurfaced (or was he resurrected?) few hours later to the embrace of his flock.

Mbaka dares anybody, the fire-eating God’s own messenger, a prophet. He is at a three-front war theatre, daring Buhari, Onaga his Bishop and Garba Shehu, Presidential Man Friday. Can he cope?

Daring government isn’t an essay task. He will be wrestled to the ground. He needlessly challenged Enugu state government in 2001. Of course, when it was over, he refused spiking his cassock as he had boasted that the Governor, Dr Chimaroke Nnamani won’t win a second tenure, when he said, ‘if Chimaroke wins a second tenure, I will derobe and take to palm-wine tapping…’

Chimaroke won the second tenure effortlessly but Mbaka is still holding on to priesthood. Did he not openly opposed former President Goodluck Jonathan? History’s honor.

Even though his call on the Buhari Government to reorder its priorities is patriotic, particularly with the rising insecurity, Buhari won’t take any of the ‘nonsense’ and surely, he will be treated like any Nigerian beggar.

If Mbaka had presented three security contractors, yes what it is when the nation’s security architecture has collapsed. Is he not a true patriot? Don’t we believe in the reward for loyalty? We do. Rev Fr Camilius Ejike Mbaka worked, why won’t he be compensated? Ingratitude is a sin.

Whatever points Garba Shehu wants to swagger with to challenge Mbaka’s range fight, they are dull image laundering strategy.

The nation boils. The spin-doctor isn’t at work either.

For Mbaka and his smoking guns, he should mind the strength of the boss armoury. The Catholic church is damn perfect shooter. If the game is up, he should simply have his peace and avoid the consequences of refusing to grow.

God bless us.

 

**Ment Nomeh is the former commissioner of Information in Enugu State

– May 10, 2021 @ 11:38 GM

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