“I Am Done With Christianity, This Is My Last Day In Church – Catholic Knight

By Charles Igbo

A Knight of the Roman Catholic Church, Sir James Louise, was so disgusted by the ingratitude meted out to late Senator Ifeanyi Ubah that he renounced Christianity. “I am done with Christianity”, he said. He then went ahead and derobed himself of his Knighthood uniform vowing never to set foot in Church again.

Trouble began at the inauguration ceremony of the magnificent Our Lady of Assumption, Nnewi Anambra State on Wednesday, January 14, 2026.

The construction of the Cathedral was a baby of the late Senator Ubah. He, by all accounts, volunteered to build the Cathedral and was through with over 85 per cent of the project when “confusion” set in.

In deed, his plan was to single-handedly finish the construction of the Cathedral. It was his way of showing appreciation to God. But his plan was, allegedly, truncated when a new Bishop, Dr. Jonas-Benson Okafor was posted to the Nnewi Diocese in 2022.

The Bishop, for a yet-to-be disclosed reason ordered Senator Ubah to hands-off the building of the Cathedral.

That order did not go down well with Senator Ubah and not a few people who wondered why the glory for the construction of the Cathedral should be taken away from Ubah after he had sunk hundreds of millions of Naira into it. But he obeyed.

Things came to a head on Wednesday, January 14, 2026, the day of the inauguration of the Cathedral. And, to the shock of many, Senator Ubah, without whose contribution the Cathedral would not have come to fruition was not acknowledged.

His name was not mentioned. Neither his  name nor photograph was in the brochure. Nobody acknowledged him. Allegedly, no invitation was extended to any member of his family. Yet, the late Senator was the one who volunteered to build the Cathedral and had completed its construction to over 85 per cent when he was inexplicably ordered to hands-off.

The snub, the ingratitude, was too much for Sir James Louise to bear. And he showed it in a most unusual manner. He protested the unfair treatment meted out to the late Senator. He protested that Ubah’s contribution was neither acknowledged in the brochure nor even orally. That hurt him.

In a video which went viral online, Sir Louise broke down and cried after mass. He wept for Senator Ubah and what he rightly saw as ingratitude and injustice and unfairness.

Distraught, he pulled off his shoes, and removed his cap both of which constitute his knighthood unform. And capped it by  renouncing Christianity.

“This is my last day as a Christian. I’m done. This is awful.

“How could anyone believe that this Cathedral which Ifeanyi Ubah slaved to build could be inaugurated without a mention of his name. This is bad, I’m done with Christianity. This is my last day as a Christian.”

Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, businessman, born on September 3, 1971, until his death on July 26, 2024, represented Anambra South  Senatorial District at the National Assembly. He was a native of Nnewi.

At the time of this report, there has been no statement from the Catholic Diocese of Nnewi.