Followers of Mbaka during the Protest on Sunday
Mbaka’s followers protest ban on adoration ministry activities
From Chinedu Nwafor Abakaliki
Followers of the Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, on Sunday, protested at Umuchigbo, in Enugu metropolis to register their annoyance over the ban on the Adoration Ministry Enugu.
Recall that Bishop of Enugu Catholic Diocese, Most. Rev. Callistus Onaga had on Saturday banned all priests and Catholic faithful from attending Mbaka’s Adoration Ministry, following Mbaka’s outburst against the former governor of Anambra State and Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi.
Mbaka had on Wednesday at his adoration ground said that Obi would never be the president of Nigeria because according to him, Obi is a stingy man.
He added that Mr Obi is cursed and until he asked for forgiveness, he won’t make any further headway politically.
But Mbaka came under attacks over the statement from various quarters.
Following the condemnation, Mbaka back tracked and apologized for maligning Obi and injuring his supporters.
However, less than 24 hours after the ban on Mbaka’s adoration, his followers gathered on Sunday morning at the Adoration ground and started a massive protest against Bishop Onaga.
The protesters, who chanted anti Bishop Onaga messages and songs, called him unprintable names, for clamping down on the Ministry.
One of the protesters said: “Our spiritual director has done nothing wrong. He is a man of God and talks as the spirit leads him. So, Bishop Onaga cannot just wake up and ban the ministry. They are trying to dictate to him what to say and what not to say”
An officiating priest at the Holy Ghost Cathedral of Enugu Catholic Diocese on Sunday, Rev. Fr. Michael Ogbuh, while reacting to the development, told protesters that they were the greatest enemies of Mbaka, for taking yo the street against the ban
Recalling the past incident involving Mbaka and the Catholic Church, Fr. Ogbuh, who was speaking during his homily about the Holy Eucharist, said it was the same people who praised Mbaka to high heavens that make him feel like a small god.
“Exactly a year ago, some of you led a protest to destroy this cathedral. That is what makes him feel like a small god and refusing to stick to his vow of obedience.
“You have to focus your attention on Jesus Christ who we are celebrating today in the Eucharist,”he said.
