Peter Obi and Rev. Mbaka
‘I never mentioned Peter not to talk of Obi’ – Rev. Mbaka, denies negative prophesy against LP candidate
Former Spiritual Director of the Catholic Church’s Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Nigeria (AMEN), Fr. Ejike Mbaka, has denied the negative prophesy credited to him against the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 General Elections, Peter Obi, insisting that he ‘never mentioned Peter not to talk of Obi’ during his last Sunday mass at the church.
The cleric, in a video shared on Facebook before heading to the monastery, Mbaka said he never spoke ill of Peter Obi during his last sermon at the Adoration Ministry before his deployment to the monastery by the Catholic Church.
A statement widely reported in the news space had claimed that Rev. Mbaka had cursed Obi during his last Sunday mass, vowing the politician ‘will be disgraced’ in his quest for the Presidency in Nigeria.
However, clearing the air over the allegations, Mbaka said he ‘never motioned Obi not to talk about Peter’ during the Sunday mass,’ advising his detractors to apologise.
“After handing over to Fr Anthony Amadi on Sunday, I started hearing that Fr Mbaka spoke against Peter Obi.
“I, Rev Fr Mbaka on that Sunday never mentioned Peter not to talk of Obi. Please whoever is being used by the devil to blackmail me in the name of doing any job for anybody, is satanic and should apologize, withdraw such nefarious, and satanic utterance and be careful when you want to harm the image of a man of God.
“Whoever did that, I have forgiven you, but I want to hear that you have apologized and withdrew what you said against me on that day. Just to put the Adoration ministry in trouble.
“Please as I have said, I heard some people are planning to protest. I have not asked anybody to protest for me. And I don’t want to hear that there is any protest done to express anger towards my journey to the monastery.
“Help me fellow adorers to stop any kind of protest that anybody will carry on my behalf to please me. Instead of the protest, or demonstration geared towards helping me, it may jeopardize my priestly call.
“Therefore, encourage peace, encourage love, within this time and do more of prayers and God of heaven will do the rest for us in Jesus name.
Commenting on his exit from the Adoration Ministry following a directive by the church, Rev. Mbaka said: “I want to use this opportunity to bless you, encourage you as I depart to the monastery in obedient to my Bishop, His Lordship Callistus Onaga, I am going to the monastery under priestly obedience and I wish to encourage you fellow adorers to remain calm and be still.
“This is a time we shall know real adorers. Please back me with your prayers so that I will go and embark on deeper reflection, sober contemplations and interior waiting on the Lord.
“I want to assure you that God has plans for us for a future and hope and not of disaster. Use this opportunity to call on God for integral wellness and wellbeing of the adoration ministry that is the apple of God’s eyes.
“I wish to inform you fellow adorers that this is not a time to be cantankerous, sorrowful, and angry unnecessarily.
“Stand up in faith and I plead, do not give the devil any opportunity. As a catholic priest, under the vow of obedience, I must obey the mother church. Please, in my absence don’t do anything that is awful, anything in anyway shape of form give the devil iota of glory. Let us not fall into any trap that the devil has set.”
The cleric, however, urged faithful to ‘to obey, pray and listen’ to the new Director of the ministry, Fr Anthony Amadi, who will succeed him, as he assured his followers that ‘he will be back in a short while.’
