…says he can’t be distracted from God’s work
The Adoration Ministry Enugu, Nigeria (AMEN), has appealed to people to desist from attacking its Spiritual Director, Reverend Fr Ejike Mbaka, warning of its consequences.
The Ministry made appeal while refuting the report in some sections of the media that Fr Mbaka attacked BBC media team who came to interview him at the Adoration ground on Wednesday.
BBC Igbo unit had in a statement, on Thursday, which had gone viral on social media, accused Fr Mbaka of ordering an attack on his staff who came to interview him on his request in his Adoration ground in Enugu.
But the Ministry in a statement signed by its Media Chief, Ike Maximus Ugwuoke, titled ‘Fr Mbaka is too busy with the works of God to be distracted’, described the report as a false narrative aimed to tarnish Fr Mbaka’s image.
While appealed to any one by any name being used to distract Fr Mbaka to desist from such unwholesome mission, it warned that people should not take Fr Mbaka’s silence, mien and humility for timidity or weakness. “Imbedded in Fr Mbaka’s seemingly humility lies a den of the ‘Roaring Lion of the Tribe of Judah’ whom his detractors cannot withstand.”
The statement partly read: “Our attention has been drawn to the report in a section of the media alleging that Fr Mbaka, the Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry Enugu, attacked BBC team that came to Adoration ground on his invitation to interview him.
“We make haste to state that the report was a carefully crafted mendacious narrative calculated to tarnish the image of Fr Mbaka who in his amiable nature could not have done or directed any of those alleged acts of assault on the BBC team or anyone as alleged against him.
“An eye witness account of what happened reveals that one Fr Obiekeze who estranged himself from the ministry and made a viral video with BBC recently abusing Fr Mbaka and his perceived romance with President Mohammadu Buhari, came to join Fr Mbaka at the altar during his last Wednesday’s weekly ministry programme.
“The said Fr Obiekezie persistently insisted that Fr Mbaka should grant him interview at his altar. Fr Mbaka in his loving, forgiving and welcoming nature embraced the the said priest but however declined the priest’s demand to interview him at the altar wondering when the said priest became a media practitioner and the organization he was working for.”
It added, “Unknown to anyone in the ministry, the said priest came with some persons with unknown identity who were secretly recording the day’s ministry programme until they were accosted by the ministry security suspecting them to be assassins on a surveillant mission.
“The said ministry security seized the equipment of the strange fellows and sought to know their identities. Later in the evening after Fr Mbaka was through with the programme and retired to the parish house to continue his consultation with worshippers waiting to see him, an altercations between the fellows and the security men at Fr Mbaka’s parish house drew Fr Mbaka’s attention to them and his timely intervention helped to save the situation.
“Fr Mbaka was surprised when the unknown fellows identified themselves as coming from BBC with Fr Obiekezie.
“Surprised by such obvious betrayal and stage-managed visit from a fellow priest, Fr Mbaka directed that every of their seized equipment be returned to them and made sure no one hurt either the priest or the unknown visitors he surreptitiously came with.”
It further stated, “Fr Mbaka nor the ministry never invited the said BBC team to the ministry neither was Fr Mbaka nor the ministry notified of their presence by anyone as alleged.
“Fr Mbaka welcomes all guests to the Adoration Ministry with open arms, media men inclusive and have never been reported to have assaulted anyone inspite of the negative media reports against him by some hatchet media practitioners that are being sponsored by the enemies of the ministry to publish false report against Fr Mbaka.
“Adoration Ministry is a loving and welcoming ministry to all its true worshipers and guests. The twist of the entire story as reported in the media and the antecedents of those involved clearly portray the ill and satanic intent of the masterminds of the said unsolicited visit.
“Fr Mbaka is now so preoccupied with his 2021 agenda and vision of providing job opportunities to 50,000 youths of this country in addition to the over 20,000 workers in his monthly payroll.
“Fr Mbaka’s good dreams for the less privileged, widows, orphans and his prayers for Divine healing, interventions and miracles upon the lives of the multitude of suffering people of God are his preoccupations for now.
“We frown at anything that will distract Fr Mbaka in his good works for God and for humanity at this time.
People should fear God and touch not His anointed to avoid the wrath of God.”
