There will be Consequences to Cancelling Father Mbaka—Ohanaeze Warns

Ohanaeze warns, there will be consequences

The youth wing of Igbo organization, Ohanaeze has warned of the consequences that could arise with the Catholic Church choosing to canceling the famed Priest.

This comes in the aftermath of Reverend Father Mbaka’s speech against Presidential hopeful, Peter Obi in respect to his vie for Presidency.

In his speech, the Priest was quoted as referring the politician as stingy. The statement didn’t sit well with quite a lot of people, particularly the Catholic Church, which led to the Adoration Ministry to be closed down.

Protests rocked in the aftermath of the decision with the Pope representative in Nigeria, coming to condemn the actions.

In respect to that, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, OYC, has called for the re-opening of the Adoration Ministry, warning that a prolonged closure could spell doom.

Reacting in statement made available on Wednesday, the OYC likened the prolonged closure of the Adoration Ministry as a ticking time bomb waiting to explode.

“Instead of being an upper room ministry which is what it is, like the Ebube Monso Ministry and the Catholic Prayer Ministry, Elele, Mbaka’s own has now been converted into a ministry.

“Our information revealed that there is a serious gang up and conspiracy against Fr. Mbaka, in addition to plans to take over everything he has laboured for in life, with a view towards crippling his source of magnified charity to the poor masses and send him out to overseas for further studies after 28 years of his priestly ordination.”

The Ohanaeze youths alleged to have uncovered plans to build a seminary at the Adoration ground after its shutdown, noting:

“If actually it is about Peter Obi, Fr. Mbaka has even apologized for his statements, and we had expected the Church authority to forgive him in line with Biblical injunctions. After all, what he said was a prophecy, the right thing was to pray against it.”

“This is a man who takes care of over 25,000 persons either by direct employment of charity interventions. Such a person should not be treated with levity.

“The Church should learn to practise what they preach on forgiveness. The Bible told us that forgiveness could be as much as 70 times 70. So, since the priest has apologized, the Church should look at the bigger picture and forgive him.”