This came just as President Muhammadu Buhari lauded the patriotic spirit of Rev. Father Ejike Mbaka saying that “Father Mbaka is a great priest who was not afraid to speak truth to power, even at the cost of his own life or being hated by leaders in power.”
In his address at the Christ the King Parish, Enugu, during his 20th anniversary mass, attended by thousands of worshippers, including the wife of the Enugu State Governor, Mrs. Monica Ugwuanyi, Father Mbaka said despite all the attacks against him, God continued to protect him because he remained on the side of the truth.
“I am not tired after 20 years, 20 years of good health; 20 years of miracles from God; 20 years of hard apostolic work; 20 years in the hand of God. There was a time they blackmailed me; they were saying such things like ‘Mbaka why? Mbaka this, Mbaka that’, but I have remained in the hand of God,” Fr. Mbaka said
In a special message, entitled, ’20-point agenda,’ the cleric said he was praying for President Buhari “that God will protect him so that enemies will not destroy him. I also pray for Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi so that God will not allow occultic men to steal his vision.”
It would be recalled that Mbaka’s message of change, which he delivered before the March 28 presidential election, attracted criticisms, especially from the supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
However, spokesman of the ministry, Maximus Ugwuoke, in a brief chat with newsmen said blackmail and unnecessary criticisms had rather strengthened instead of break the cleric.
“Those who are saying he should stay out of politics are misguided. It is part of the role of priests. So, they are merely trying to cow him down but I can tell you that Fr. Mbaka is not somebody to be intimidated; the more they do this, the more he is strengthened,” Ugwuoke said.
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