Enugu, Nigeria, May 7, 2021 / 13:29 pm (CNA).
The Bishop of Enugu announced on Thursday a week of prayer in atonement and reparation following the desecration of the city’s cathedral, reportedly by followers of a priest of the local Church.
“On 5th May, the followers of Fr. Camillus Ejike Mbaka of the Adoration Ministry Enugu, Nigeria violently broke into the Diocesan Cathedral Church and desecrated the Holy Altar of sacrifice,” Bishop Callistus Onaga of Enugu said in a May 6 statement obtained by ACI Africa.
“Over and above this, they brutally vandalized the Diocesan Bishop’s residence, the Cathedral parish house and the secretariat building complex.”
….. Calls For Atonement, Reparation
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bishop Calistus Onaga of Catholic Diocese of Enugu has reacted to Wednesday’s invasion of the Bishop’s Court and the Holy Ghost Cathedral Church by the followers of Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka.
Enugu city was on Wednesday thrown into pandemonium as followers of fiery Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, of the Adoration Ministry Enugu, took to the streets after they declared him missing.
They marched from the Adoration ground in Emene, Enugu, to the Bishop’s Court at Igboeze Street, Independence Layout Enugu where they damaged some facilities.
After wrecking havoc at the Bishop’s residence, the protesters also stormed the Holy Ghost Cathedral where several church facilities were vandalized.