The Enugu-based Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, was reported recently to have gone ‘missing’. He later re-emerged to tell the story of his whereabout. The Enugu Catholic Bishop, Callistus Onaga, had ‘arrested’ Mbaka and kept him incommunicado reportedly for some days. And that led to some riot by his followers and rumours of kidnapping and sequestration by security forces. When he was ‘released’ finally by Bishop Onaga Mbaka told the cheering crowd welcoming him back that he had been suspended for a month for blessing IPOB fugitive leader, Nnamdi Kanu.
Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka and the presidency and the (mis)ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) were exchanging verbal grenades recently. Following his controversial declaration that President Muhammadu Buhari should either resign honourably or should be impeached by the dormant federal parliamentarians both the presidency (represented by Garba Shehu) and APC (ably represented by Yekini Naben
Mbaka: Before The Papal Applause! By Ozodinukwe Okenwa
Pray, why must a priest who should be apolitical under normal circumstances be actively involved in political prophesy and other mundane engagements outside the catholic doctrine or authority?
by Ozodinukwe Okenwa
May 08, 2021
The Enugu-based Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, was reported recently to have gone missing . He later re-emerged to tell the story of his whereabout. The Enugu Catholic Bishop, Callistus Onaga, had arrested Mbaka and kept him incommunicado reportedly for some days. And that led to some riot by his followers and rumours of kidnapping and sequestration by security forces. When he was released finally by Bishop Onaga Mbaka told the cheering crowd welcoming him back that he had been suspended for a month for blessing IPOB fugitive leader, Nnamdi Kanu.
My Grouse With Enugu Diocese Bishop – Father Mbaka Reacts To Suspension
Mbaka added that he had thought that his meeting with the Enugu Catholic bishop was a meeting of a father and son.
by SaharaReporters, New York
May 08, 2021
The Spiritual Leader of the Catholic Adoration ministry in Enugu State, Rev Fr. Ejike Mbaka, has narrated what transpired when he was invited by the Enugu Catholic Bishop, Most Rev Callistus Onaga.
Mbaka stated that his grouse with Onaga was that the bishop did not call him one-on-one but held a meeting where other participants were bragging that they would deal with Mbaka and the Adoration has been closed down.
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FULL STORY | How Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka Disappeared and Reappeared in Enugu
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Reverend Father Ejike Mbaka, the Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry Enugu has revealed how he was detained by the Catholic Church.
Rev. Mbaka immediately after he regained his freedom yesterday evening, told his parishioners that he was held hostage by the Enugu Catholic Church leaders.
Mbaka who was declared missing by his parishioners for failing to preside over adoration prayers on Tuesday night which spilled over to Wednesday,May 6 morning, without any details of his whereabout, was released aftermath of an organized protest by his parishioners, who stormed the Enugu Catholic Bishop’s house, Most Rev. Callistus Onaga residence at Independence layout, Enugu.