Mbaka: Buhari Working With Those Who Will Pull Him Down

THE Enugu Catholic priest, and Spiritual Director
of Adoration Ministry, Enugu State, Rev. Fr. Ejike
Mbaka has said President Muhammadu Buhari
currently works with some people who do not
want him to succeed in office and are desperate
to pull him down.
Mbaka has been one of Buhari’s most vocal
supporters since he asked Nigerians to reject
former president Goodluck Jonathan in the run-
up to the 2015 presidential election. The priest
also said it was too early to give Buhari’s regime
a dispassionate assessment, saying Nigerians
should give the President more time.
The Enugu-based cleric said the reason the
country was yet to experience the real change
being midwifed by Buhari was that some
strategic positions were still manned by the
same people who milked the country dry in the
past.
He said the president was not totally free from
the grip of those who ran the country aground in
the past.
Mbaka, who spoke to newsmen in Enugu during
the graduation of Niger Delta youths, who trained
at Innoson Plastic Factory under Federal
Government’s Amnesty Programme, said: “The
government we are experiencing is not yet a
Buharinised government.
“Many people who are in different strategic
positions are still the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) people and Buhari may not even know and
even some people who are working around him
are working to pull him down.
“Buhari means well, Buhari is a good man, Buhari
is God-sent for this country but, I am telling you
that there are crocodiles in the fish pond.
“Buhari may not know that he is feeding not the
fish in the fishpond but crocodiles that are even
feeding on the fishes!”
He urged Nigerians to be prayerful to counter the
activities of those he said were plotting to break
the country and take over power. Mbaka had, a
month ago come down hard on the Buhari
regime, saying there was hunger in the land and
that the President may not get the nod of
Nigerians to get another term in office if the
trend continued.
He added: “Nigerians should go on their knees
and pray for divine intervention because apart
from God, we are going to see horrible things.
The way these people are ganging up, they want
to break Nigeria and take over power and take
us back to where we were coming from. I pray it
shall be well with Nigeria and it shall be well with
Nigerians.”
The cleric, who predicted the victory of Buhari in
the 2015 presidential election, said he was yet to
see the change he wants in Nigeria through the
present government.
“I am talking about change from corruption to
moral probity, a time Nigeria will become a
country that is worthy of emulation, that
internationally when you mention Nigeria,
Nigerians shall begin to smile. I am talking about
change that is beyond embezzlement of funds
meant for the development of the people and
country. Only few people who call themselves
politicians will be stealing the money and
whatever they are doing with it nobody knows.
“The poor masses are dying and they are
enriching themselves wickedly calling themselves
politicians, so, such team of people should be
changed and if some of them are still remaining
and they want to come back, I still pray that the
broom of God will sweep them out because
Nigeria must move forward.
“These people are wicked, they are not Nigerians
per say, I don’t know where their blood came
from because they are not representing us; they
are representing themselves and the devil that is
using them.
“If you know the pattern of their regime, the way
they move and the way they truncate the
activities that will be for the wellness of the poor
masses, you’ll know that some of them are
possessed and they need deliverance before they
enter that seat.”
He, however, said it was too early to assess
President Buhari and asked Nigerians to give the
Buhari government the chance to implement its
change agenda.
Praying for the liberation of Nigeria, the Catholic
clergyman said: “I pray that our authentic
emancipation, what we call change will be
supernaturally propelled because right now you
can see the hand writing everywhere, many
people are complaining of hunger but the hunger
is not Buhari engendered.
“Many are complaining that Buhari has not
started changing everything, Buhari is not a
magician.
“Like I used to tell people, somebody had been
cooking in the kitchen for six years and he did
not feed us well and just few months ago,
somebody entered the same kitchen and all of
us want him to cook a very wonderful delicious
soup whereby his water is still in the pot. He has
not started putting ingredients and people are
testing the water and saying he cannot cook
well. Let us give him a chance to pour the whole
ingredients into the pot and when he is done
with cooking, we can now judge him.
“It is too early to judge a man who has just
entered few months ago, remember, even the
budget is being attacked, padding or no padding
and some people want to baptise criminal
fraudulent machination with the name padding
as a non criminal offence. So, when you steal
money that is in billions, it is padding and that
one is a no offence?
“But catch a poor man that steals a phone of
N20, 000, he will be burnt alive.”

Mbaka: Buhari Working With Those Who Will Pull Him Down

THE Enugu Catholic priest, and Spiritual Director
of Adoration Ministry, Enugu State, Rev. Fr. Ejike
Mbaka has said President Muhammadu Buhari
currently works with some people who do not
want him to succeed in office and are desperate
to pull him down.
Mbaka has been one of Buhari’s most vocal
supporters since he asked Nigerians to reject
former president Goodluck Jonathan in the run-
up to the 2015 presidential election. The priest
also said it was too early to give Buhari’s regime
a dispassionate assessment, saying Nigerians
should give the President more time.
The Enugu-based cleric said the reason the
country was yet to experience the real change
being midwifed by Buhari was that some
strategic positions were still manned by the
same people who milked the country dry in the
past.
He said the president was not totally free from
the grip of those who ran the country aground in
the past.
Mbaka, who spoke to newsmen in Enugu during
the graduation of Niger Delta youths, who trained
at Innoson Plastic Factory under Federal
Government’s Amnesty Programme, said: “The
government we are experiencing is not yet a
Buharinised government.
“Many people who are in different strategic
positions are still the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) people and Buhari may not even know and
even some people who are working around him
are working to pull him down.
“Buhari means well, Buhari is a good man, Buhari
is God-sent for this country but, I am telling you
that there are crocodiles in the fish pond.
“Buhari may not know that he is feeding not the
fish in the fishpond but crocodiles that are even
feeding on the fishes!”
He urged Nigerians to be prayerful to counter the
activities of those he said were plotting to break
the country and take over power. Mbaka had, a
month ago come down hard on the Buhari
regime, saying there was hunger in the land and
that the President may not get the nod of
Nigerians to get another term in office if the
trend continued.
He added: “Nigerians should go on their knees
and pray for divine intervention because apart
from God, we are going to see horrible things.
The way these people are ganging up, they want
to break Nigeria and take over power and take
us back to where we were coming from. I pray it
shall be well with Nigeria and it shall be well with
Nigerians.”
The cleric, who predicted the victory of Buhari in
the 2015 presidential election, said he was yet to
see the change he wants in Nigeria through the
present government.
“I am talking about change from corruption to
moral probity, a time Nigeria will become a
country that is worthy of emulation, that
internationally when you mention Nigeria,
Nigerians shall begin to smile. I am talking about
change that is beyond embezzlement of funds
meant for the development of the people and
country. Only few people who call themselves
politicians will be stealing the money and
whatever they are doing with it nobody knows.
“The poor masses are dying and they are
enriching themselves wickedly calling themselves
politicians, so, such team of people should be
changed and if some of them are still remaining
and they want to come back, I still pray that the
broom of God will sweep them out because
Nigeria must move forward.
“These people are wicked, they are not Nigerians
per say, I don’t know where their blood came
from because they are not representing us; they
are representing themselves and the devil that is
using them.
“If you know the pattern of their regime, the way
they move and the way they truncate the
activities that will be for the wellness of the poor
masses, you’ll know that some of them are
possessed and they need deliverance before they
enter that seat.”
He, however, said it was too early to assess
President Buhari and asked Nigerians to give the
Buhari government the chance to implement its
change agenda.
Praying for the liberation of Nigeria, the Catholic
clergyman said: “I pray that our authentic
emancipation, what we call change will be
supernaturally propelled because right now you
can see the hand writing everywhere, many
people are complaining of hunger but the hunger
is not Buhari engendered.
“Many are complaining that Buhari has not
started changing everything, Buhari is not a
magician.
“Like I used to tell people, somebody had been
cooking in the kitchen for six years and he did
not feed us well and just few months ago,
somebody entered the same kitchen and all of
us want him to cook a very wonderful delicious
soup whereby his water is still in the pot. He has
not started putting ingredients and people are
testing the water and saying he cannot cook
well. Let us give him a chance to pour the whole
ingredients into the pot and when he is done
with cooking, we can now judge him.
“It is too early to judge a man who has just
entered few months ago, remember, even the
budget is being attacked, padding or no padding
and some people want to baptise criminal
fraudulent machination with the name padding
as a non criminal offence. So, when you steal
money that is in billions, it is padding and that
one is a no offence?
“But catch a poor man that steals a phone of
N20, 000, he will be burnt alive.”

Student confesses to cheating in WASSCE, withdraws from UNILORIN

Authorities of the University of Ilorin, Kwara State on Sunday said that they had accepted the voluntary withdrawal of a student, Jephtaph Abolarin, from the institution.
Abolarin, a 300-Level Sociology student, had written to the university confessing to cheating during his West African Senior School Certificate Examination.
Abolarin, who claimed he had become a ‘born again’ Christian, said continuing his university education, using an unmerited certificate was unjust and immoral.
He wrote the letter to the institution’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academics, Prof. Sidiqat Ijaiya, on August 5, 2016.
According to him, he wanted to withdraw from the school because he got his WASSCE through examination malpractice.
Reacting to the letter on Sunday, the university Deputy Director, Corporate Affairs, Mr. Kunle Akogun, confirmed the withdrawal of the student.
Akogun, who noted that the Senate of the university had accepted the withdrawal letter, added that the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Abdulganiyu Ambali, commended Abolarin for his repentance and sincerity.
The VC, Akogun added, wished Abolarin well in his future endeavour.
Part of Abolarin’s letter to the DVC read, “Just as a house that was built on a faulty foundation will surely collapse, it is also certain that a career that is built on a faulty foundation will definitely collapse. All through my secondary school days, I was just a church ‘goer’, without genuine salvation and the fear of God. As a result, I got my WASSCE result through examination malpractice.
“By the grace of God, now, I have encountered the light of the gospel of Jesus Christ, which called for repentance and restitution.
“Sir, with deep conviction, I have realised that there is no point building my academic career on a faulty foundation; since the WASSCE result I got through malpractice is the basis in which my admission into this university was anchored.
“Therefore, I have decided to withdraw from the university and start all over again.”

We Switch Off Generators So Owners Will Open Doors — Robbery Suspect

Police in Lagos have arrested two suspects who
specialise in switching off power generating sets
at midnight to gain easy entry into apartments
when the owners come out to inspect the cause
of power cut.
The suspects confessed to being responsible for
series of operations around Ikorodu area of the
state. However, one of them, Isaac Ogbonna,
blamed his resort to crime on his inability to
raise money for his ailing sister’s medical bill.
The 27-year-old Ogbonna, who lamented that his
business folded as a result of the economic
recession, said: “I could not stand and watch my
elder sister die. I have been living with her since
I came back from Enugu, after my business
folded up.
“She has been sick and I had donated blood
twice, yet the sickness persisted. At first we
brought in a nurse who treated her and collected
N9,000. But there was no improvement. We had
to take her to the hospital where we were told
to deposit N20,000.
“I approached one of my friends, Ishola Dede,
(pointing to his partner in crime), who assured
me that he would help me raise the money
because my sister had once shown him
kindness.
“He introduced me to two other persons, Ishola
and Sadiq, at a drinking joint. Our plan was to
attack any house that still has its power
generating set on after midnight.
“Last Monday, we stormed a house at Ogolonto;
we jumped the fence and put off the power
generating set. A man came out with a torch
light to inspect what was wrong and we pointed
a gun at him and followed him into his
apartment.
“We collected laptops, phones and N80,000. As
we were about leaving, Sadiq requested for the
car keys, but we told him to forget about it since
it was not part of the plan.
“Our plan was to raid about 10 houses. But he
insisted and went away with the car, saying the
amount would cover what we would get in 10
houses.
“Next day, he told us to meet at a hotel and that
he had sold the car, unknown to us policemen
had traced the car through the tracking device.
“Unfortunately, I was told this morning, after I
was arrested, that my sister died a day before.
All my efforts have been in vain.”

54 year old Female pastor arrested for operating underage prostitution cartel inside church in Ogun

Olupinla Idowu, a female pastor and founder of a
Cherubim and Seraphim church at 52 Okesina
street, Ijoko area of Ota, Ogun state has been
captured by officers of the Nigerian police force
after her prostitution ring was discovered.
The 54 year old was paraded before newsmen at
Eleweran police headquarters in Ogun state.
Investigations showed that Olupinla specialized
in contracting or in local words..”pimping” male
customers for the girls aged between 14 and 16.
The girls live in the church premises with the
woman whom they call ‘mama’.
How she was caught
Olupinla met her water-loo after 3 girls were
rescued by police officers.
Her Modus Operandi and Confession of victims
One of the victims, a 16 year old girl confessed
that the woman used them to make money. She
said
“We are about 10 with Mama, and she always
arrange men for us to have sex,She created
apartment within the church premises, where the
men sleep with us. We charge N500 per sex in
which Mama will collect N300 and give us
N200.”
The girl also confessed that abortions were
carried out on the church premises, admitting
that she herself has had 5 abortions.
She revealed that each girl made an average
N1500 per day inclusive of Olupinla’s share.
Ogun state commissioner of Police, Ahmed
Ilyasu, told newsmen that the girls have been
taken to a hospital for checkups and treatment
and the woman will be charged to court on child
abuse and human trafficking offenses.

'A lot had gone on' -Lionel Messi explains why he decided to dye his hair blonde

Lionel Messi this summer dyed his hair blonde,
to which many fans criticized him, with many
saying the hair style didn't fit him while some
fans argued that he was trying to be a
fashionista which he naturally isnt. But Messi,
currently on international duty with Argentina,
has explained the reason he decided to dye his
hair to blonde in an interview with famous
Argentine actor Mingo.
Mingo asked the Barcelona/Argentina star why
he decided to dye his hair blonde this summer
and Messi said;.
“I made a change to start from zero. A lot had
gone on, things had happened, and I said to
myself: “I have to break this and start again,'”.
On the Copa America final defeat, during which
Messi missed a penalty, he said
“It was how I felt in that moment. Everything
came crashing down.''
''I felt like that [final] was the one, given how the
team was and how we’d played in the
competition. It was a huge disappointment.”

Teenager arrested in Ikorodu for allegedly selling bar of soap as mobile phones

The Operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS)
of Lagos State Police Command, have
apprehended an 18 -year-old boy, Segun
Adeyefa, for allegedly selling bar of soap as
mobile phones to unsuspecting members of
public in traffic.
The suspect was arrested by the RRS men on
routine patrol of Ikorodu Motor Park yesterday
at about 19:50 hrs, while trying to defraud a
young man at the motor park.
Upon his arrival at RRS’s Headquarters, the
suspect confessed that before he was caught
on Tuesday, he had duped one person of
N3,500 who wanted to buy the phone.
He noted that he was lured into the fraud after
he was duped through a similar means about a
year ago.
"My action was prompted when I was swindled
by two guys about a year ago by this way. I had
intention of buying a phone but unknowingly to
me it was a cut-to-size bar of soap just looked
similar to a phone shape... The two guys
approached me on my way to work, then, I was
learning a plumbing work somewhere around
Ikorodu... I bought the phone which was
advertised to me as ‘London used phone’ for
N2, 500... As I left the place, I checked the
phone I bought, to my surprise, I discovered it
was a soap I bought for such amount... That
very moment I promised myself to revenge by
doing same to the people," he revealed.
Explaining how he mastered the tactics to
swindle unsuspecting members of public
through that means, he said "after I discovered
that it was a cut-to-size soap I bought as
phone, I learnt that tactics by understudying the
material.... The item contained cut-to-size soap,
carton and wrapped all together with a cello
tape."
The suspect who lived at 81, Oriwu Road,
Ikorodu, Lagos State, further revealed how he
perpetuated the fraud under the false pretence
of selling a genuine phone.
"What I usually do is called exchange. My
prospective victims will have the mind of buying
handset from me but unknowingly to them I
would have changed the real handset to soap
wrapped with cut to size carton put inside an
envelope... I will engage them in discussion
after showing them real phone initially, and in
the process of bargaining for the price, I will
change it with the aid of white handkerchief to
fake phone... And, I will tell them to keep the
phone inside their pockets immediately that
people are watching us. As soon as the buyer
left the spot, I will immediately change my
location by moving to another place."
The suspect further stated that the demise of
his master who was teaching him plumbing
work, also led to his criminal act.
While confirming the arrest, the Police Public
Relations Officer (PPRO), Superintendent of Police, SP Dolapo Badmus, warned the general public to be weary of individuals who approach them to buy phones on highways in order not to fall victim of con men.
Items such as fake phones, key soap cut to size, shirts, some amount of money, packet of envelopes and cut to size cartons were recovered from him. The suspect has been transferred to Lagos State Task Force on Environment for prosecution.