APC condemns Mbaka’s transfer by Enugu Catholic Diocese

The APC has condemned the transfer of popular
Enugu cleric, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka from Christ the
King Parish in the Government Reserved Area,
GRA, of the state to Our Lady Parish in Emene, a
suburb of the state.
In a statement released today January 31st, the
spokesperson of the APC South-East zone, Osita
Okechukwu, condemned Mbaka's transfer and
alleged that the leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo
influenced Mbaka’s transfer to a new parish
where he will serve under someone else.
“It was wrong to punish the fearless priest
for his prophecies which has proved to be
from God. Whereas we accept that the
transfer of priests is a routine exercise of
the great Catholic Church, however we do
not wholly accept a situation where the
church allows external forces to influence
transfer as the Mbaka’s case suggests.
Otherwise, future liberation clergy who
speak truth to power will be hamstrung to
the detriment of the society. Our major
concern is the security implications and the
fate of his flocks who are mostly the
downtrodden who may find it difficult to go
to Emene for salvation and healing. We
frown at anything which will put Fr. Mbaka
in harms way or deny his flocks healing. As
a party, we have watched with concern and
trepidation the criticism, the attack, assault
and unpleasant comments hurled against
Fr. Mbaka since he providentially
prophesied that President Buhari would win
the 2015 elections. Even the Church did not
spare him, he was called unprintable
names, yet his prophecy came true. We are
happy that Fr. Mbaka was vindicated. It
must be pointed out that accusing fingers
were pointed at the direction of some anti-
Buhari elements like Ohanaeze Ndigbo, a
group that didn’t want to hear the name of
Buhari , even though Ohanaeze denied the
allegation, doubts still persists. For we are
still at a loss why a senior priest will be
degraded to an assistant parish priest. We
repeat that we are in solidarity with Fr.
Mbaka and our major concern is the
security of Fr. Mbaka and the suffering of
his flocks mostly the poor who need his
healing powers. We had thought that His
Lordship Bishop Calistus Onaga could have
retained him at the Adoration Ground, as
the Bishop Emeritus Gbuji did because of
security of his life and easy access by his
flocks” he said.