Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu Nigeria (AMEN), Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, has revealed details of his past support for former Anambra State Governor and Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, stating that he took significant risks to help secure Obi’s return to office following his impeachment.
Mbaka made the remarks during a church programme on Friday while responding to criticisms from some supporters of the former governor.
The outspoken cleric said he played a crucial role behind the scenes during the political crisis that led to Obi’s impeachment, stressing that many of those who now publicly identify as Obi’s loyalists were nowhere to be found during that difficult period.
According to Mbaka, his intervention involved sensitive efforts and strategic engagements aimed at restoring Obi’s mandate.
“Listen, when Peter Obi was impeached as a governor, Peter Obi is still alive. All the midnight movements made to gather the documents to bring him back—Father Mbaka was involved,” he said.
The priest rejected suggestions that he had failed to support Obi, insisting that he had never been a problem to the former governor.
“How did I not help him? I’m not a problem to him. All I did for Peter, none of these people crying ‘Obi, Obi’ can do one out of a hundred of what I did for Peter Obi,” Mbaka stated.
He further claimed that the vast majority of Obi’s supporters abandoned him during the impeachment crisis, leaving only a few trusted allies to stand by him.
“The risk I took for him when he was impeached as governor, 99.9 per cent of those following him abandoned him,” he said.
Mbaka also mentioned prominent figures, including businessman Cletus Ibeto and political figure Chris Uba, as witnesses to some of the events surrounding the impeachment saga.
“Go and ask Chris Uba; he is still alive. Ibeto is still alive. Let me just mention a few who were in the inner room where things happened,” he added.
The cleric maintained that his actions were driven by his love for his people and commitment to justice, emphasizing that he has always sought to be a positive force in society.
“I mean a lot for my people. I love my people. I’m a solution, not a problem,” Mbaka said.
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