*Protest Rocks Enugu Over Father Mbaka’s Alleged Disappearance
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There is tension in Enugu over the whereabouts of Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Rev Fr Ejike Mbaka.
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council, on Wednesday, raised the alarm over his whereabouts, saying the cleric was missing.
“We are giving the Federal Government 48 hours to produce the priest, else they should be ready to face Igbo youths. They were dining and wining with him all along and now that he told the truth, they are no longer comfortable with him.
“Let nothing happen to Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka. It will not be in anybody’s interest,” the group said in a statement by its president, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike.
When officials of the Diocese of Enugu, to which Fr. Mbaka belongs, were contacted, some of them said he was not missing while others said they cannot confirm his whereabouts.
Reno Omokri, a former media aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, tweeted that Mbaka could have been arrested by security operatives.
However, our correspondent could not immediately confirm the claim.
He tweeted, “Reverend Father Mbaka has very strong honesty issues that he has to resolve with His Maker.
“However, I am against any arrest or attempt to infringe on his freedom by the @MBuhari regime. Reports of his arrest by unknown gunmen, if true, are condemned. #FreeMbakaNow!!!”
Meanwhile, there was a reported protest in Enugu State over an alleged arrest of Mbaka by a yet-to-be-identified security operative on Wednesday.
In a video sighted by our correspondent, some residents were seen marching to the Catholic Bishop of the Enugu Diocese, causing gridlock.
Mbaka had in his recent criticism of the Federal Government said disaster was lurking in Nigeria.
The pastor warned Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.)’s regime that he (Mbaka) would be the last person they would fight, adding that heaven’s anger would fall on them should they try it.
“The last person this administration should fight is Father Mbaka because if they speak against me, the anger of heaven will be upon them and how they will end will shock everybody,” he had said.
The cleric claimed that the Presidency was attacking him because he blessed, Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra.
“If they are worried that I am blessing Nnamdi Kanu, wherever he is, God is blessing him. He is breathing; that he sleeps and wakes up, is it not blessing? Or is he not my brother? Spiritually, is he not my son? So what is their problem? They are busy branding people and communities terrorists. “If what is happening in Kaduna, Kano, Nasarawa, Maiduguri, Benue, Niger; if all these places are branded terrorist states, will the whole Nigeria not be branded a terrorist country? If anybody says the truth, the person becomes a terrorist,” he added.
“They should be careful because the insecurity I am talking about can affect them. Even the Shehu Garba who is talking, the bandits can come and kill him,” he added.
Meanwhile, some supporters of controversial Catholic priest, Rev. Father Ejike Mbaka, and members of his Adoration Ministry in Enugu have taken to the streets to protest against his alleged disappearance.
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide (OYC) had raised the alarm in a statement, saying the whereabouts of the priest were unknown.
Mbaka had asked President Muhammadu Buhari to resign or be impeached last week.
However, he was attacked by the Presidency, which alleged that the cleric was angry because he sought to secure contracts from the Buhari-led government and was denied.
According to Daily Post a notice calling on all youths of the ministry to the adoration ground.
The message inviting the youths to the adoration ground, read, “Important! Good morning friends and well-wishers. Please if you know you stand for justice and you do not want the lone voice that speaks for the poor in this country to be silenced, gather at Adoration ground, let’s go for a protest at the Bishop’s court.
“Fr. Mbaka is nowhere to be found. He went yesterday to answer the Bishop’s call and up till now, he’s not taking his calls. Let’s gather! SSG.”
The parishioners have now stormed the Bishop’s Court, demanding that Bishop Calistus Onaga of the Catholic Diocese of Enugu should produce the cleric.
Ohanaeze Youth Congress had also given the Nigerian government 48 hours to produce the cleric.
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