Reverend Father Ejike Mbaka has claimed that the recent wave of insecurity in parts of Nigeria is part of a political strategy aimed at weakening and ultimately removing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu from office.

Speaking during a Sunday service on June 7 at his Adoration Ministry, Mbaka suggested that public anger over the kidnapping of teachers and students in Oyo State was being misdirected toward the federal government instead of state authorities.

He said Governor Seyi Makinde should be held accountable for security lapses in the state, insisting that responsibility should not be shifted to the presidency.

“Governor Makinde, wake up! Let Nigerians march to Oyo State, there is a governor there. We should hold Tinubu responsible if he is owing security votes of states,” he said.

Mbaka further alleged that the Ogbomosho-area abductions were politically motivated and intended to create nationwide outrage against the president.

“If they want to overthrow Tinubu, it is not by kidnapping our children so that the whole Nigeria will be angry against the President. That was what they did against Jonathan, they have started it again,” he said.

“Let Nigerians not be deceived. It is a satanic political agenda. Putting panic in the country so that people will say the President should go. Then if this one goes, who else will come and they will support him?”

He also questioned the location of the attack, arguing that it occurred within Nigerian territory and should be treated as a domestic security issue.

“They carried little children and took them into the bush. That bush, where is it? Is it not in Nigeria?” he asked.

The cleric urged the Oyo State governor to act swiftly, including tracking the location of the abducted victims.

He added a prayer against those behind insecurity, saying: “It shall not be well with those who are sponsoring and carrying out terrorism in Nigeria.”

Mbaka also suggested that similar security crises have historically coincided with political transitions, alleging a pattern of destabilization whenever leadership changes are being pushed.